Al Wakrah have been better than Al Gharafa so far this season, but every fixture begins at 0-0. Here's all the facts you need before kickoff:
- Al Wakrah have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Al Gharafa have the most points from losing position (8) in Premier League
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Both participants have had enough days rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an active game!
Al Wakrah form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Al Wakrah at their home stadium (Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The Al Wakrah crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Al Duhail here at Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium.
Ahead of that match, Al Wakrah won a home game hosting Al Sailiya (5-0).From these home matches, Al Wakrah have conceded only 4 goals.
Al Gharafa form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Two trips in a row for Gharafa, whose manager da Mota could celebrate last time after the win against Al Sailiya. That win felt nice as this club had gone three league fixtures without victory.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Al Rayyan.Take note that 10 of this club's 11 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Al Gharafa have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. The Al Gharafa manager da Mota has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
There's been plenty of goalmouth action for the away team, in fact last time they were involved in a match with less than three goals they were facing today's opponent (Gharafa - Al Wakrah 1-1 ten league fixtures ago)! Statistics for the former ten meetings involving these two squads are: four wins for Al Wakrah, three draws and three wins for Al Gharafa. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Dala 9 goals |   Y. Brahimi 5 goals |  M. Benyettou 4 goals |
Al Wakrah missing players
Al Gharafa missing players
| Al Wakrah | Al Gharafa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 15 | 22 |
| 90% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 36% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 18% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 82% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 18% |
| 5.5 | 6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 3.1 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | 11.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.3 | 8.8 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 44% | 44% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 38% |
| 8.4 | 8.8 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 13.8 | 13.5 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.5 | 6 |
- Al Gharafa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Al Gharafa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Gharafa have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premier League
- Al Gharafa have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Premier League
- Al Gharafa have the most points from losing position (8) in Premier League
- Al Gharafa have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Al Gharafa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Wakrah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Wakrah have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Premier League
- Al Wakrah have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- All of Al Gharafa's away-matches have had more than 2,5 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Qatar SC | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Al Wakrah | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Al Sadd | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Al Gharafa | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 16 |
| 8 | Al Shamal | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 10 |
| 9 | Al Markhiya | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Al Rayyan | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 7 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -16 | 4 |
