Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Arabi & Al Ahli face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QSL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Al Arabi form and stats
Last season, Arabi's QSL Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.Al Arabi have played 1 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Al Arabi fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Al Gharafa. Prior to that, an away loss at Al Ahli in the Premier League.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Arabi at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Al Ahli form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Ahli have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Ivanildo Rodrigues dos Santos. It's been 245 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
Two travels in a row for Ahli, whose manager N. Jovović could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Al Khor. Before that, Ahli secured a home win against Al Arabi with the score 2-0.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Ahli has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Arabi two wins, one draw and Al Ahli seven victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Elneel 2 goals |   N. El Zhar 2 goals |  H. Harbaoui 1 goals |
Al Arabi missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| Al Arabi | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Scored | S | 9 | 32 | ||
| 38 | 25 | Conceded | C | 15 | 36 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 143 | 67 | Total Shots | T S | 82 | 210 | ||
| 65 | 36 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 71 | ||
| 37% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 45% | ||
| 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 Arabi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al Kharitiyath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 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 Ahli | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Al Sadd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | Al Duhail | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Al Kharitiyath | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Al Arabi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Umm Salal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |