National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Khor or Al Arabi that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Al Khor form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Al Khor have played 2 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). All in all it has been a very rough period for Al Khor who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Al Kharitiyath, 233 days ago.
Al Khor drew their last game, 0-0 away at Al Sailiya.
A 2-2 draw away in the Premier League before that, with Al Rayyan the opponent.Early season league goal statistics from Al Khor's 2 home games: 2 goals, 6 conceded.
Al Arabi form and stats
They also participated in QSL Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Al Arabi are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Premier League. Arabi love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Home advantage was not enough for Arabi in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting Al Sadd, 0-4. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Al Sadd was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Prior to that result Arabi won their away game at Qatar SC in the Premier League. The scoreline was 2-0.Al Arabi have the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Khor one win, three draws and Al Arabi six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Boupendza Pozzi 2 goals |   R. Vaz dos Santos 1 goals | I. El Haddad 1 goals |
Al Khor missing players
Al Arabi missing players
| Al Khor | Al Arabi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Scored | S | 10 | 33 | ||
| 49 | 16 | Conceded | C | 12 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 20% | ||
| 4.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.8 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 27% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 15 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 12 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Al Arabi | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 9 |
| 5 | Al Wakrah | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
| 7 | Umm Salal | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 11 | Al Shamal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 3 |
| 12 | Qatar SC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 1 |