Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Ahli & Al Wakrah face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QSL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Al Ahli and Al Wakrah should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Ahli form and stats
Al Ahli participated in QSL Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Three Premier League home games done for Al Ahli, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
The club members are hoping that Al Ahli will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away defeat in the QSL Cup fixture against Al Sadd.
Before that match, a home win hosting Qatar SC in the QSL Cup. 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 Ahli have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Early season league goal statistics from Al Ahli's 3 home games: {6 goals}, 6 conceded.
Al Wakrah form and stats
Al Wakrah was sent out of QSL Cup in the final last season.2-2-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Wakrah in their Premier League matches away.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a QSL Cup home defeat versus Umm Salal with 3-5 on the scoreboard.
Before that game, the victory at home against Al Sailiya in the QSL Cup (1-0). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Al Wakrah playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 3 Al Wakrah wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Al Wakrah have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 10 goals from 4 away matches. 5 goals have been conceded by Wakrah in these games.
Head 2 Head
Al Wakrah have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive games without losing (3-2-0) when facing Al Ahli.Top Goalscorers
  J. Dala 8 goals |   Y. Alnaimat 5 goals | M. Kanani Zadegan 4 goals |
Al Ahli missing players
Al Wakrah missing players
| Al Ahli | Al Wakrah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 40 | 23 | Scored | S | 26 | 54 | ||
| 54 | 28 | Conceded | C | 21 | 49 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 64% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 2.7 | 1.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 6 | 6.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8.3 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 45% | ||
| 13.5 | 13.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 9.1 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Umm Salal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Al Sadd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 |
| 3 | Qatar SC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Al Ahli | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 5 | Al Wakrah | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 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 Arabi | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Al Wakrah | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | Al Duhail | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Al Shamal | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Qatar SC | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Al Sadd | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Rayyan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
