Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Khor & Al Gharafa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QSL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Al Khor and Al Gharafa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Khor form and stats
Al Khor was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the QSL Cup.0-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Khor so far this season. On the other hand, in the QSL Cup, Al Khor has performed like this (both home and away): 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Khor to get some points in this home game.
Stress levels are on the rise for Khor's attacking players as they have now played 272 minutes without scoring in a league game. I. El Haddad was their last goal scorer.
The Al Khor fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Al-Khwar Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Al Arabi.
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Al Shamal.Khor has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Khor having conceded 10 goals here at Al-Khwar Stadium so far.
Al Gharafa form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Al Gharafa playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the QSL Cup stats, they have 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Gharafa won their last game, 3-1 versus Al Sailiya played at home.
Prior to that result Gharafa won their away game at Al Rayyan in the Premier League. The scoreline was 2-0.Gharafa have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 8 goals from 4 away matches. The Gharafa manager A. Stramaccioni has some worries about the defense as 9 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Khor won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Al Gharafa have seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / oneTop Goalscorers
  C. Diabaté 6 goals |   R. Vaz dos Santos 2 goals | I. El Haddad 2 goals |
Al Khor missing players
Al Gharafa missing players
| Al Khor | Al Gharafa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 13 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Scored | S | 22 | 38 | ||
| 52 | 19 | Conceded | C | 19 | 43 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 32% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 38% | ||
| 10.6 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Al Gharafa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Qatar SC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Khor | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 5 | Al Sailiya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 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 |