Qatar SC hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 12 points and a 9th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Al Arabi holds 5th place with 14 pts.
Qatar SC and Al Arabi should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Qatar SC form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Qatar SC at their home stadium is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Qatar SC are confident in defense, having played 290 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Qatar SC crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Al Khor here in a QSL Cup match. A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Duhail and winning 1-0.
Qatar SC has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Qatar SC defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Al Arabi form and stats
Al Arabi are happy with their away performances in the Premier League so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Al Arabi are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Al Arabi delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Al Duhail (placed 1st) in their previous match; a QSL Cup game. A 1-1 draw at Al Gharafa's stadium before that.
Al Arabi are a potent attacking force on the road with their 9 goals in 3 league games. The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Al Arabi alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (9 from 3 played). 3 goals have been conceded by Al Arabi in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Qatar SC victories, 4 draws and 3 Al Arabi wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Eto'o 6 goals |   Mohamed Salah 4 goals |
Qatar SC missing players
Al Arabi missing players
| Qatar SC | Al Arabi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 8 | 9 | 18 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 78% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 44% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 11% |
| 30% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 6.5 | 7 | 9 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 1 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | 39 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 36 | 87 |
| 31 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 15 | 42 |
| 42% | 45% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 60% | 43% |
- Al Arabi has the fewest conceded goals (3) away
- Al Arabi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Al Arabi have not yet lost a game away.
- Al Arabi have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Arabi's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Qatar SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 26 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 22 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Al Sadd | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Al Wakrah | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -14 | 5 |
| 12 | Al Shahaniya | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -14 | 4 |