Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Gharafa & Lusail City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QFA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There have been limited time to rest for the hosts, as they were involved in a Premier League match only three days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Al Ahli.
Al Gharafa form and stats
Al Gharafa have collected 3 points from their Premier League home games so far after 1-0-0.
Gharafa are returning here after visiting Al Ahli and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Brahimi (2), Boulaya and Alganehi scored the goal(s). The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Brahimi, having found the net in three games in a row.
Ahead of that match, Al Gharafa won a home game hosting Al Markhiya (2-0).Al Gharafa has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Lusail City form and stats
There's been little loot from Lusail City's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Q League. Lusail City only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
The attacking players of Lusail City have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 350 minutes.
There were no winners in Lusail City's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Al Shahaniya.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Al Nasr's place.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lusail as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. Lusail City have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Brahimi 5 goals |  A. Alganehi 3 goals | Y. Boli 1 goals |
Al Gharafa missing players
Lusail City missing players
| Al Gharafa | Lusail City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 28 | ||
| 41 | 13 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 64% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 36% | ||
| 3.9 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.4 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 6.2 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 34% | ||
| 11.9 | 13.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.7 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3 | ||
| 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 Gharafa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Sadd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Sailiya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Lusail City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Rayyan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Al Gharafa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Al Duhail | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Al Sadd | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Al Wakrah | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Al Arabi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Al Mu'aidar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 9 | Al Shamal | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Al Ahli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Markhiya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 0 |
| 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 Mu'aidar | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | Al Khor | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 28 |
| 3 | Al Shahaniya | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Al Kharitiyath | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 5 | Al Mesaimeer | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 15 |
| 6 | Al Nasr | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 14 |
| 7 | Lusail City | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 8 | Al Bidda | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -10 | 10 |
