National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Arabi or Al Rayyan that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Arabi saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the QSL Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Al Sadd.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Al Arabi form and stats
Last season, Arabi's QSL Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.0-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Arabi so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager H. Hallgrímsson led his Arabi to a defeat in the QSL Cup match away at Al Sadd. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Before that match, a QSL Cup win away at Umm Salal.
Arabi were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
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 Rayyan form and stats
Rayyan was sent out of QSL Cup in the quarter-finals last season.Al Rayyan are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Al Rayyan failed to get anything from their last game, a QSL Cup home match vs Al Gharafa that ended with defeat 0-2. A loss against Al Kharitiyath was the result prior to that, in a QSL Cup home game.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Al Rayyan have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. As opposed to that, Rayyan have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Arabi won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Al Rayyan has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  M. Elneel 2 goals |  Y. Boli 2 goals |  H. Harbaoui 1 goals |
Al Arabi missing players
Al Rayyan missing players
| Al Arabi | Al Rayyan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Scored | S | 19 | 32 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Conceded | C | 13 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 160 | 56 | Total Shots | T S | 115 | 216 | ||
| 71 | 30 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 109 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 29% | ||
| 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 |