National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Arabi or Al Shamal that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both squads have had plenty of rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an animated game!
Al Arabi form and stats
Last season, Arabi's QSL Cup journey ended in the group stage.When playing at home in the Premier League, Al Arabi have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
Al Arabi travelled for their previous game, a trip to Umm Salal that ended 1-1.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Sailiya and winning 5-1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Al Arabi's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 5 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Al Arabi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Thani Bin Jassim Stadium with 6 goals in 4 league matches.
Al Shamal form and stats
Shamal was sent out of QSL Cup in the group stage last season.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Al Shamal have produced an overall stat of 2-0-2 so far.
Al Shamal delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Al Ahli in their previous game. It looked so good for Shamal vs Al Ahli, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Al Sadd.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Al Shamal playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 0 away wins, 2 draws and 4 home wins.
Al Shamal have the goal stats of 4-4 (for/against) from 4 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Al Arabi have won every one of the 9 most recent duels versus this team. Something to take note of?Top Goalscorers
  Y. Msakni 5 goals |  O. Al Somah 3 goals |   Y. Bammou 3 goals |
Al Arabi missing players
Al Shamal missing players
| Al Arabi | Al Shamal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 20 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 23 | Conceded | C | 25 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 16% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.3 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 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 Markhiya | 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 | Al Shamal | 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 Arabi | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Al Wakrah | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | Al Duhail | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Al Shamal | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Qatar SC | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Al Sadd | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Rayyan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
