Al Wakrah will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 21 points behind Al Rayyan.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Al Wakrah can neither be promoted or relegated from Premier League. Rayyan are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Al Wakrah form and stats
Al Wakrah have collected 18 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-3-2.
A good away victory last time out for Wakrah, who won 1-0 against Al Ahli (placed 8th). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Al Arabi.
The Al Wakrah fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Al Rayyan form and stats
The away team, who have the most clean sheets (12) in Premier League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Premier League. Al Rayyan love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Rayyan goalkeeper Fahad Younis Ahmed Baker is eager to challenge this, with his 350 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two travels in a row for Rayyan, whose manager D. Aguirre Camblor could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Al Shahaniya. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Al Sailiya.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Rayyan are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Rayyan have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Al Rayyan - Al Wakrah 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Wakrah, zero draws and six wins for Al Rayyan. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Brahimi 14 goals |   M. Benyettou 11 goals |  A. Abdullah 6 goals |
Al Wakrah missing players
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| Al Wakrah | Al Rayyan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 22 | 38 |
| 29 | 13 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 86% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 71% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 62% |
| 57% | 70% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 43% |
| 29% | 30% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 33% |
| 19% | 30% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 62% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | 43% |
| 29% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 57% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 210 | 101 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 82 | 174 |
| 78 | 41 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 51 | 99 |
| 36% | 44% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 43% | 38% |
- Al Rayyan has the fewest conceded goals (15)
- Al Rayyan has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Al Rayyan has the most clean sheets (12)
- Al Rayyan has the the best goal difference (+23)
- 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 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 (5-1-0)
- 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 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 21 | 49 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 23 | 48 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 22 | 44 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 35 |
| 5 | Al Sailiya | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 28 |
| 6 | Al Wakrah | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 27 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 19 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -19 | 17 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 12 | Al Shahaniya | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -19 | 15 |