The guesting Al Wakrah team are probably the strongest party at Al Shamal, as the visitors enjoy a 18 point supremacy from their 20 league games this season.
- Al Shamal have the most conceded goals (44) in Premier League
- Al Wakrah have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Premier League
Relegation threatens Al Shamal who should definitely be looking for some points here. Wakrah are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
The hosts Al Shamal saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Al Ahli, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Al Shamal form and stats
Al Shamal's results here in the Premier League have been very modest with 3 victories, 0 draws and 7 defeats.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Marwan Sherif Badreldin not having conceded a league goal in 209 minutes.
The Al Shamal regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Al Ahli and win 3-0.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Al Khor with a 1-0 scoreline.Shamal have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Al Shamal with 24 goals conceded in these matches. When Shamal hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Al Sailiya, Al Rayyan and Al Khor), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Al Wakrah form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Premier League. Having won their last three away games Al Wakrah has no reason to fear anyone.
Wakrah play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting Umm Salal (placed 6th).
Before that, Al Wakrah secured a home win against Al Gharafa with the score 3-2.A new game in only four days for Al Wakrah, the Emir Cup home match versus Al Rayyan. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Wakrah's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have battled before this season: Al Wakrah - Al Shamal 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Shamal victory, four draws and five Al Wakrah wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Dala 11 goals |  M. Benyettou 9 goals |  J. Medina Escobar 8 goals |
Al Shamal missing players
Al Wakrah missing players
| Al Shamal | Al Wakrah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 27 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 33 |
| 44 | 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 90% |
| 85% | 90% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 70% |
| 60% | 90% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 60% |
| 45% | 60% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 35% | 40% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 60% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 50% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 56% | 30% |
| 20% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 30% |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 6.6 | 5.2 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8.3 | 7.9 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 32% | 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 45% | 43% |
| 11.8 | 10.2 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 7.4 | 9.3 |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 7.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
- Al Shamal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Shamal have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier League
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Al Wakrah have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Wakrah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Al Wakrah have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Premier League
- Al Wakrah have won significantly more corners away than 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 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 11 | 52 | 53 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 30 | 43 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 30 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Qatar SC | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | -8 | 23 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 13 | -15 | 23 |
| 9 | Al Shamal | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -17 | 19 |
| 10 | Al Rayyan | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -10 | 18 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 20 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 27 | -24 | 13 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -20 | 12 |
