It's time for cup football and it's the QSL Cup Group Stage between Al Ahli and Al Wakrah. Here's the biggest preview available before kick-off:
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Al Ahli form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Al Gharafa.2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Ahli so far this season.
Al Ahli are returning here after visiting Al Shahaniya in a QSL Cup game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Previous to that game, a QSL Cup home match hosting Al Sadd in a game that was won 4-3.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Al Ahli have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 2 Lost 1.
A decent goal production from Al Ahli in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
Al Wakrah form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Al Wakrah playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
The Al Wakrah goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 320 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Al Wakrah won their last game, 1-0 versus Al Rayyan played at home. Ahead of that match was the QSL Cup away draw versus Al Shahaniya that ended 0-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Al Wakrah in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Al Wakrah, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Al Wakrah find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Al Wakrah have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Al Ahli, 1 draw and 3 wins for Al Wakrah. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.Al Ahli missing players
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| Al Ahli | Al Wakrah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Scored | S | 22 | 48 | ||
| 44 | 11 | Conceded | C | 14 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.3 | 3.6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 172 | 81 | Total Shots | T S | 107 | 241 | ||
| 74 | 37 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 110 | ||
| 49% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 39% | ||
| 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 Ahli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al Shahaniya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Al Wakrah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 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 Duhail | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 26 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 22 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Al Sadd | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Al Wakrah | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -14 | 5 |
| 12 | Al Shahaniya | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -14 | 4 |