Al Shamal hope to fill the stadium for this match despite that the season has been strenuous up to now with 16 points and a 10th place in the Premier League table. Opponents Al Ahli own 7th place with 23 pts.
- Al Shamal have the most conceded goals (44) in Premier League
- Al Ahli have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago.
Al Shamal form and stats
Al Shamal's results here at Al-Khwar Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 0 draws and 7 defeats. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Al-Khwar Stadium, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Al Khor game.
Shamal are returning here after visiting Al Khor and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Nani scored the goal(s).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Al Wakrah in only four days. This game is also played here at Al-Khwar Stadium.
Al Shamal has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. As for conceded goals, Al Shamal's unpleasant statistic is 24 goals surrendered. It's worth mentioning that 14 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Ahli form and stats
Playing away, Al Ahli have won 1 game, drawn 6 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premier League this season.
Al Ahli might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Al Sadd proved too strong as Al Ahli slumped to a 2-8 defeat in front of their own fans at Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium (Al-Ahli Stadium).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ahli manager Jovović as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Al Sailiya.
As opposed to that, Al Ahli have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This was the final score when the contenders played each other earlier this season; Al Ahli - Al Shamal 0-0. Al Shamal-Al Ahli H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Shamal zero wins, Al Ahli six wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Medina Escobar 8 goals | B. Mohammad Seif 4 goals | A. Attwan Kadhim 4 goals |
Al Shamal missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| Al Shamal | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 24 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| 44 | 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 34 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 62% | 79% |
| 84% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 58% |
| 58% | 89% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 42% |
| 47% | 67% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 37% |
| 37% | 44% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 26% |
| 63% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 53% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 32% |
| 21% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 37% |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.1 | 8.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 31% | 38% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 31% |
| 12.1 | 10.4 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.4 | 13.4 |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 7.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.6 | 5.6 |
- Al Ahli have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League
- Al Shamal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Shamal have the most conceded goals (44) in Premier League
- Al Shamal have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Premier League
- Al Shamal have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Premier League
- Al Shamal have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Premier League
- Al Shamal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 Sadd | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 11 | 52 | 52 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 30 | 42 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 34 |
| 4 | Al Arabi | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 27 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -12 | 23 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -8 | 22 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -9 | 18 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -20 | 16 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 19 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 26 | -24 | 12 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -20 | 11 |
