National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Sadd or Al Gharafa 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.
Both teams have had enough days rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an animated game!
Al Sadd form and stats
Only two Premier League home games for Al Sadd so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
The followers hope that Al Sadd will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-7 away defeat in the QFA Cup fixture against Al Sailiya.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Premier League home game that ended 0-0 versus Al Wakrah.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Al Sharjah are coming to town in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Al Sadd's 2 home games: {4 goals}, 2 conceded.
Al Gharafa form and stats
Al Gharafa are still undefeated on their travels in the Premier League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Al Gharafa delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Al Markhiya in their previous match; a QSL Cup duel.
The fixture before was the QFA Cup-battle against Lusail City, a home defeat (0-2).
{8 goals} so far away for Al Gharafa, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sadd seven wins, one draw and Al Gharafa two victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. Bounedjah likes to play against Al Gharafa and have scored 8 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Brahimi 5 goals |  A. Alganehi 3 goals |   Y. Youssef 2 goals |
Al Sadd missing players
Al Gharafa missing players
| Al Sadd | Al Gharafa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 54 | 35 | Scored | S | 22 | 43 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Conceded | C | 28 | 45 | ||
| 92% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.3 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.1 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 40% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 42% | ||
| 9.2 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 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 Sailiya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Lusail City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Al Sadd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 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 |
