Struggling Al Shahaniya will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Al Rayyan in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Shahaniya are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Rayyan are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Al Shahaniya form and stats
Al Shahaniya, who have the most conceded goals (40) in Premier League, have collected 11 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-5-3.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Qatar SC in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here. 2-2 away at Al Sailiya before that.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Shahaniya here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Shahaniya defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Al Rayyan form and stats
Al Rayyan's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Rayyan, who have the most clean sheets (11) in Premier League, collect 20 points from their 9 away matches in the Premier League. 6 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
260 minutes! That's how long the Rayyan goalkeeper Fahad Younis Ahmed Baker and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Impressive finishing from Y. Brahimi secured the home win 1-0 against Al Sailiya in their previous game. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Al Arabi.
The Rayyan manager D. Aguirre Camblor has got the team scoring on the road, with 21 away goals in 9 league matches. Al Rayyan have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Al Rayyan - Al Shahaniya 2-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Shahaniya one win, one draw and Al Rayyan five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Brahimi 13 goals |   R. Rezaeian 11 goals |  A. Abdullah 6 goals |
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| Al Shahaniya | Al Rayyan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 21 | 37 |
| 40 | 15 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 85% | 70% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 75% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 65% |
| 65% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 45% |
| 50% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 44% | 35% |
| 15% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 15% |
| 65% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 78% | 45% |
| 15% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 55% |
| 35% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 3 | 3.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.7 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
| 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 126 | 59 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 70 | 162 |
| 62 | 28 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 44 | 92 |
| 35% | 32% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 48% | 40% |
- Al Rayyan has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Al Rayyan has the most clean sheets (11)
- Al Rayyan has the the best goal difference (+22)
- Al Rayyan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Rayyan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Rayyan have scored at least twice as many goals away as Al Shahaniya have scored home.
- Al Rayyan have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Rayyan haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Al Rayyan is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Al Shahaniya has the fewest matches under the total-line (7)
- Al Shahaniya has the most conceded goals (40)
- Al Shahaniya has the most conceded goals in the first half (20)
- Al Shahaniya has the most conceded goals in the second half (20)
- Al Shahaniya has the most matches over the total-line (13)
- All of Al Rayyan's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Duhail | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 21 | 46 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 22 | 45 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Al Ahli | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 19 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 16 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -18 | 16 |
| 12 | Al Shahaniya | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -18 | 15 |