There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Premier League table so far. Here's the Al Wakrah - Al Arabi latest:
The hosts Wakrah saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Al Khor.
Wakrah are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Arabi are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
Al Wakrah form and stats
Al Wakrah have collected 15 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-3-2.
Wakrah drew their last game, 1-1 away at Al Khor (placed 10th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Al Sailiya that ended 0-0.
The Al Wakrah fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
Al Arabi form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Al Arabi have produced an overall stat of 3-5-1 so far.
The attacking players of Arabi have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 249 minutes.
Arabi are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Al Rayyan (placed 2nd). A 0-1 defeat away at Al Gharafa before that.
Arabi are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Arabi as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Al Arabi - Wakrah 2-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Wakrah, two draws and seven wins for Al Arabi. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Benyettou 11 goals |   H. Harbaoui 9 goals |  P. Lasogga 7 goals |
Al Wakrah missing players
Al Arabi missing players
| Al Wakrah | Al Arabi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 25 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 28 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 25 |
| 84% | 78% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 89% |
| 74% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 74% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 53% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 32% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 63% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 68% |
| 26% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 21% |
| 26% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 5.7 | 5.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.7 | 5.5 |
| 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 181 | 88 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 67 | 127 |
| 70 | 37 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 26 | 60 |
| 36% | 43% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 54% | 43% |
- Al Arabi has the fewest conceded goals (6) away
- Al Arabi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Al Wakrah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 21 | 42 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 19 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 21 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -18 | 15 |
| 12 | Al Shahaniya | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -18 | 14 |