Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Arabi & Al Sailiya face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QSL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Arabi form and stats
Last season, Arabi's QSL Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.Al Arabi have collected 19 points from their Premier League home games so far after 6-1-4.
Arabi's last game was hosting Al Sailiya and winning 3-1. M. Mohammadi was absolutely essential when Arabi beat Al Sailiya 3-1, scoring three goals.
Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Al Sailiya in a game that was won 3-1.A decent goal production from Arabi in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Al Arabi have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Al Sailiya form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Sailiya, as they won the QSL Cup.5-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Sailiya in their Premier League matches away. Sailiya has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Sailiya lost away at Al Arabi (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against Umm Salal wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Sailiya rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Al Arabi victories, two draws and four Al Sailiya wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Al Arabi missing players
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| Al Arabi | Al Sailiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 24 | Scored | S | 14 | 32 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Conceded | C | 19 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | ||
| 27% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 63 | 60 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 53 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 47 |
| 3 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -10 | 33 |
| 6 | Qatar SC | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Al Wakrah | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 26 |
| 9 | Al Sailiya | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 26 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 21 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 30 | -25 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Kharitiyath | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 26 | -32 | 12 |