National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Gharafa or Al Khor that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Al Gharafa form and stats
Gharafa participated in QSL Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.Overall Premier League results at home this season for Al Gharafa are 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a QSL Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in this competition.
The Gharafa supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Al Arabi in QSL Cup and win 2-1.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Qatar SC (0-4).Gharafa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Al-Khwar Stadium with 8 goals in 5 league matches. From these home matches, Al Gharafa have conceded only 3 goals.
Al Khor form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.0-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Khor in their Premier League matches away. When we have look at the QSL Cup statistics, we find 2W-3D-2L. This is both home and away. Three has not been a lucky number for Al Khor as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Al Ahli match.
El Haddad was the last player to score for the away team. Khor haven't scored a league goal in the last 272 minutes.
Khor played 1-1 against Al Sailiya in their previous match.
A 0-1 defeat away at Al Arabi before that.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Khor as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. The Khor manager Lulz has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The latest past meeting involving both these teams is the Al Khor - Gharafa 4-2 played earlier this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Al Gharafa won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Al Khor have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / oneTop Goalscorers
  C. Diabaté 6 goals |  A. Alganehi 2 goals |  A. Abdelmotaal 2 goals |
Al Gharafa missing players
Al Khor missing players
| Al Gharafa | Al Khor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Scored | S | 10 | 29 | ||
| 48 | 22 | Conceded | C | 23 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.2 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | ||
| 9.7 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 10 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Qatar SC | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 2 | Al Sailiya | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | Al Khor | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Al Arabi | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 8 |
| 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 |