With their 1 point advantage in the league table, Qatar SC fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Al Arabi.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Qatar SC form and stats
Qatar SC must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Premier League games here.
A nice win for Qatar last time playing, versus Al Wakrah. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0. Before that game, the home loss against Al Sailiya with the scoreline 0-1.
Qatar SC aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Qatar SC have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Al Arabi form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Premier League for Al Arabi with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
The manager H. Hallgrímsson was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Grand Hamad Stadium (Al-Arabi Stadium). Arabi suffered a 1-4 loss to Al Sadd (placed 1st). A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Al Sailiya (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) in the QSL Cup.
Arabi find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. Arabi have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Qatar SC wins - draws - Al Arabi wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Mohammadi 3 goals | M. Elneel 2 goals |  E. Barrahma 1 goals |
Qatar SC missing players
Al Arabi missing players
| Qatar SC | Al Arabi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 56 | 25 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 22 | 57 |
| 23 | 10 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 9 | 24 |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 44% | 33% |
- Al Arabi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Al Arabi have yet to win a game away.
- Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Arabi's 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 Sadd | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 16 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Al Rayyan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Al Duhail | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 9 | Al Kharitiyath | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 6 |
| 10 | Al Arabi | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Umm Salal | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 4 |