National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Ahli or Al Rayyan that keep their silverware dream alive.
This looks to be an appealing game with lots of spark and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Al Ahli form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the group stage.All-inclusive Premier League results playing at home this season for Al Ahli are 0-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the QSL Cup, Al Ahli has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss. All in all it has been a very rough period for Ahli who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Al Kharitiyath, 237 days ago.
The home team returns to Al-Khwar Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Al Shamal on their last time out; the QSL Cup game ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Al Ahli in the Al Shamal match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
1-1 away at Umm Salal before that.Ahli has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 1 goal from 4 games. From these home matches, Ahli have conceded only 3 goals.
Al Rayyan form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the final.The visitors are W1-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the QSL Cup stats, they have 1 win, 0 draws and 3 losses both home and away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Rayyan are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Two travels in a row for Rayyan, whose manager L. Blanc could celebrate last time after the QSL Cup win against Al Shamal.
A loss against Umm Salal was the result prior to that, in a QSL Cup home game.Rayyan find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Rayyan have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the contenders met previously this campaign; Al Rayyan - Ahli 0-2. Al Ahli-Al Rayyan H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ahli one win, Al Rayyan seven wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Y. Boli 5 goals |  P. Eze 3 goals | M. Awad 2 goals |
Al Ahli missing players
Al Rayyan missing players
| Al Ahli | Al Rayyan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 8 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 21 | 5 | Scored | S | 21 | 33 | ||
| 39 | 9 | Conceded | C | 28 | 48 | ||
| 84% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8.9 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 25% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 31% | ||
| 10.3 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 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 Wakrah | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | Umm Salal | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Al Shamal | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 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 Sadd | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 25 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 22 |
| 3 | Al Arabi | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Al Wakrah | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Qatar SC | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | Al Rayyan | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 9 | Al Shamal | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 10 | Al Ahli | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 5 |
| 12 | Al Khor | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -15 | 4 |