National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Markhiya or Al Duhail that keep their silverware dream alive.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Al Markhiya form and stats
0-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Markhiya so far this season.
No payout for Markhiya in their previous match, an away game at Al Mu'aidar that ended in defeat 2-5. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Prior to that, an away loss at Al Gharafa in the Premier League.Early season league goal statistics from Al Markhiya's 1 home game: {0 goals}, 1 conceded.
Al Duhail form and stats
Al Duhail are still undefeated on their travels in the Premier League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Al Duhail has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Al Arabi for a 3-3 draw. A bizarre match with lots of goals last time out for Duhail, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fun game, will this match be as enjoying? The draw against Al Arabi came from a losing position. The Al Duhail manager Crespo brought on Mohammad as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Before that, Al Duhail secured a home win against Al Mu'aidar with the score 4-1.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Duhail has managed {5 goals} and let in 4 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
The 8 latest games featuring these teams have all ended as Al Duhail victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.Top Goalscorers
  M. Olunga Ogada 4 goals |  I. Diallo 2 goals |   Y. Njie 1 goals |
Al Markhiya missing players
Al Duhail missing players
| Al Markhiya | Al Duhail | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 25 | 54 | ||
| 58 | 24 | Conceded | C | 16 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 76% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 3.5 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 6 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 13.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| 11.3 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 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 Bidda | 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 |
