The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Al Mu'aidar welcome Al Shamal for the opening game. Read on!
Al Mu'aidar and Al Shamal 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.
Al Mu'aidar form and stats
Last season, Al Mu'aidar's league statistics were 9 wins, 0 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Q League. Over these 15 matches they scored 30 goals and conceded 18. Playing at home last season Al Mu'aidar managed 6-0-2 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 6 conceded.
Al Shamal form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Shamal performed last season in the Q League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 11 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 2/11 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Al Shamal - Al Mu'aidar 0-0 earlier this season. Al Mu'aidar-Al Shamal H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Mu'aidar three wins, Al Shamal three wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Mu'aidar missing players
Al Shamal missing players
| Al Mu'aidar | Al Shamal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 24 |
| 13 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 57% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 57% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 57% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 14% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 64% |
| 50% | 29% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 21% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 6.2 | 6.7 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 182 | 79 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 72 | 140 |
| 83 | 34 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 35 | 64 |
| 28% | 26% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | 30% |
- Al Mu'aidar haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Al Shamal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Shamal have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Shamal haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- All of Al Shamal's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
| 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 |