Qatar SC and Al Gharafa are eager to let the world see their new people and flair: It's the first game of the Premier League season.
This is a local fight, usually meaning increased stress and importance.
Qatar SC form and stats
In the previous season, Qatar SC's league results were 11 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses, providing 5th spot in the Premier League. In these 22 matches they scored {28 goals} and let in 30. Performing at their own stadium in the previous season Qatar SC generated 6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 13 conceded.
This is expected to be a close game, with Qatar SC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Qatar as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Qatar SC has won 7 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Al Gharafa form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Gharafa performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded {38 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 16/23 goals scored/conceded.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Al Gharafa playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 5 Al Gharafa wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Al Gharafa have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Qatar SC-Al Gharafa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Qatar four wins, Al Gharafa four wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Qatar SC missing players
Al Gharafa missing players
| Qatar SC | Al Gharafa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qatar SC | Last season | Al Gharafa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 28 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 32 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 38 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 86% | ||
| 50% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 91% | 73% | ||
| 27% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 14% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 18% | ||
| 36% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 14% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 23% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | ||
| 10.2 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 Ahli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Duhail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Al Markhiya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Al Mu'aidar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Al Rayyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Al Sadd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Al Shamal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Al Wakrah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Qatar SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Umm Salal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 24 | 51 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 20 | 49 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | Al Wakrah | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 39 |
| 5 | Qatar SC | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -2 | 36 |
| 6 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -6 | 32 |
| 7 | Al Markhiya | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 23 | -13 | 24 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 24 | -16 | 18 |
| 11 | Al Shamal | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -19 | 18 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -17 | 16 |