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 should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
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
Al Arabi was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the QSL Cup.Only two Premier League home games for Al Arabi so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. On the other hand, in the QSL Cup, Al Arabi has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Arabi's last game was hosting Al Kharitiyath and winning 2-1. 0-0 away at Al Gharafa before that.
Al Arabi has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Sailiya form and stats
Sailiya was sent out of QSL Cup in the group stage last season.Things could have gone better for Al Sailiya in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right. Total QSL Cup statistics for Al Sailiya: 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Two travels in a row for Al Sailiya, whose manager S. Trabelsi could celebrate last time after the QSL Cup win against Qatar SC. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Al Wakrah in the QSL Cup.
A heroic performance from Al Sailiya in their game against Qatar SC last time out. Things got complicated when Ahmed Al Minhali was sent off in the 50th minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 1-0 victory! Late drama in the previous game, when Abdulqadir Ilyas scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time to defeat Qatar SC.
It's early days yet, but Al Sailiya has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Arabi won three, Al Sailiya won six and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Mohammadi 3 goals | M. Elneel 2 goals | A. Al Ansari 1 goals |
Al Arabi missing players
Al Sailiya missing players
| Al Arabi | Al Sailiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 11 | 31 | ||
| 38 | 22 | Conceded | C | 11 | 37 | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 187 | 86 | Total Shots | T S | 122 | 241 | ||
| 87 | 47 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 92 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 13 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | Al Duhail | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Al Wakrah | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Al Sailiya | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | Al Kharitiyath | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 6 |
| 9 | Al Arabi | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Qatar SC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 |