This is the Q League season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Al Markhiya or Al Mu'aidar get that important first win?
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Al Markhiya form and stats
Last season, Al Markhiya's league statistics were 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Q League. Over these 15 matches they scored 21 goals and conceded 13. Playing at home last season Al Markhiya managed 2-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 5 conceded.
Al Mu'aidar form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Mu'aidar performed last season in the Q League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 0 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 0 and lost 4 with 11/12 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Al Mu'aidar - Markhiya 0-1. Markhiya-Al Mu'aidar H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Markhiya four wins, Al Mu'aidar four wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Markhiya missing players
Al Mu'aidar missing players
| Al Markhiya | Al Mu'aidar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 25 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| 18 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 87% |
| 87% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 60% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 7% | 12% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 47% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 40% |
| 47% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 71% | 47% |
| 13% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.7 | 6.3 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 175 | 97 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 103 | 190 |
| 70 | 34 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 49 | 86 |
| 36% | 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 29% | 28% |
- Al Mu'aidar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Bidda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Kharitiyath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Markhiya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al Mesaimeer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Al Mu'aidar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Al Nasr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Al Shamal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Lusail City | 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 Wakrah | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Mu'aidar | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Al Markhiya | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Al Mesaimeer | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 5 | Al Shamal | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -15 | 12 |
| 6 | Al Bidda | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -26 | 12 |