National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Ahli or Al Shamal that keep their silverware dream alive.
Al Ahli form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The story so far in the Premier League for Al Ahli at their home stadium (Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Stadium) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Ahli are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Al Duhail. As you see from the result above, Ahli suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
1-1 away at Qatar SC before that.Al Ahli are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. Ahli are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (24 from 11 played).
Al Shamal form and stats
In general it has been a productive period now for Shamal as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.
Al Shamal play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Al Shahaniya.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Al Mesaimeer.Head 2 Head
Al Ahli-Al Shamal H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Ahli seven wins, Al Shamal one win, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Ahli missing players
Al Shamal missing players
| Al Ahli | Al Shamal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Scored | S | 24 | 38 | ||
| 50 | 27 | Conceded | C | 12 | 18 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 5 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 63 | 60 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 53 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 47 |
| 3 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -10 | 33 |
| 6 | Qatar SC | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Al Wakrah | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 26 |
| 9 | Al Sailiya | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 26 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 21 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 30 | -25 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Kharitiyath | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 26 | -32 | 12 |
| 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 Markhiya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Mesaimeer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al Mu'aidar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Al Shahaniya | 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 |