Struggling Qatar SC will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Al Rayyan in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Rayyan are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Qatar SC form and stats
Qatar SC's struggle is real here at Ahmed bin Ali Stadium with only 8 points collected from 8 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-4.
Prior to that, an away loss at Al Khor.
Qatar SC aren't scoring a lot here at Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. Qatar SC have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Al Rayyan form and stats
Al Rayyan's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Rayyan, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Premier League, collect 17 points from their 8 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
The Al Rayyan goalkeeper Fahad Younis Ahmed Baker is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 215 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from F. Kom secured the home win 1-0 against Al Sadd in their previous game. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Al Ahli.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Al Rayyan are regular goalscorers on their travels. 10 goals have been conceded by Rayyan in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Al Rayyan - Qatar 5-0 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - two - eight (Qatar SC wins - draws - Al Rayyan wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Brahimi 11 goals |  A. Abdullah 6 goals |   S. Rashidov 5 goals |
Qatar SC missing players
Al Rayyan missing players
| Qatar SC | Al Rayyan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 19 | 34 |
| 22 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 14 |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 65% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 41% | 38% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 47% |
| 24% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 29% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 47% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 53% |
| 53% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 5.5 | 6.4 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 118 | 55 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 57 | 135 |
| 42 | 16 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 36 | 75 |
| 38% | 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 71% | 53% | 45% |
- Al Rayyan has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5)
- Al Rayyan has the most clean sheets (9)
- Al Rayyan has the the best goal difference (+20)
- 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 have scored more than double the goals of Qatar SC.
- Al Rayyan haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- All of Al Rayyan's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Qatar SC has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
- Qatar SC has the most matches under the total-line (11)
- Qatar SC is in the worst form (0-4-2)
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 42 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 18 | 32 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 23 |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -18 | 14 |
| 12 | Al Shahaniya | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -20 | 10 |