National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Arabi or Al Khor that keep their silverware dream alive.
Al Arabi and Al Khor 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 Arabi form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Al Arabi have to build on here at Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Stadium in the Premier League. On the other hand, in the QSL Cup, Al Arabi has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 3 draws and 0 losses.
Arabi enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Qatar SC's place. The match ended 4-1 with Abdulaziz Al Ansari (2) and Ibrahim Nasser Kala scoring.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Al Khor.Arabi has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
Al Khor form and stats
They also participated in QSL Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.0-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Khor in their Premier League matches away. Total QSL Cup statistics for Al Khor: 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. Recent form does not give Khor much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Al Arabi will be a tough nut to crack.
I. El Haddad was the last player to score for the away team. Al Khor haven't scored a league goal in the last 272 minutes.
Khor are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the QSL Cup against Al Gharafa. As you can tell from the result, the match against Al Gharafa was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
A loss against Al Arabi was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Khor as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. The Khor manager A. Lulz has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
These two sides met each other before this match year: Al Khor - Al Arabi 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Arabi victories, four draws and zero Al Khor wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Msakni 4 goals |  A. Boupendza Pozzi 3 goals |  A. Bakr Adam 2 goals |
Al Arabi missing players
Al Khor missing players
| Al Arabi | Al Khor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Scored | S | 12 | 28 | ||
| 33 | 21 | Conceded | C | 30 | 51 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.9 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 7.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | ||
| 32% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 9.3 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Al Sailiya | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 3 | Al Khor | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Qatar SC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | -10 | 4 |
| 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 |