Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Gharafa & Al Sadd 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.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Al Gharafa form and stats
Last season, Al Gharafa's QSL Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.Al Gharafa have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Premier League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. This match is a QSL Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition.
Gharafa enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Al Ahli's place. The match ended 3-0 with S. Hanni, Saeed Alhaj and Othman Alawi scoring. Before that, Gharafa drew at home versus Al Arabi.
A decent goal production from Gharafa in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Al Gharafa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Sadd form and stats
They also participated in QSL Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the QSL Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Al Sadd as they haven't lost any of their last ten games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Al Rayyan game have they lost an away game, meaning Al Sadd has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Sadd, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-5 versus Al Wakrah. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Al Duhail.
Al Sadd lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
The Sadd manager X. Hernández Creus has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 20 goals in 5 league matches away. Sadd are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gharafa zero wins, four draws and Al Sadd six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Kodjia 4 goals |   S. Cazorla González 4 goals |  T. Nam 4 goals |
Al Gharafa missing players
Al Sadd missing players
| Al Gharafa | Al Sadd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 37 | 54 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Conceded | C | 22 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 258 | 154 | Total Shots | T S | 237 | 358 | ||
| 95 | 54 | Shots on Target | S O | 98 | 154 | ||
| 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | ||
| 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 |