Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Khor & Al Rayyan face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QSL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Al Khor form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.With 2 Premier League wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Al Khor are certainly not brimming with confidence. On the other hand, in the QSL Cup, Al Khor has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
An away draw last time out for Al Khor, facing Al Ahli in a game that ended 2-2. Heartbreak before that as Al Khor lost 0-1 at Umm Salal's place.
The Al Khor fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Al Khor with 15 goals conceded in these matches.
Al Rayyan form and stats
They also participated in QSL Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Al Rayyan's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Rayyan collect 16 points from their 7 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). 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.
Al Rayyan won their last game, 1-0 versus Al Duhail played at home. A loss against Esteghlal was the result prior to that, in a AFC Champions League home game.
Al Rayyan are a potent attacking force on the road with their 18 goals in 7 league games. As opposed to that, Al Rayyan have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Al Khor victories, one draw and seven Al Rayyan wins. six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Brahimi 10 goals |  A. Abdullah 6 goals |   T. Bezerra 4 goals |
Al Khor missing players
Al Rayyan missing players
| Al Khor | Al Rayyan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Scored | S | 31 | 48 | ||
| 35 | 18 | Conceded | C | 20 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 60% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 24% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 177 | 92 | Total Shots | T S | 100 | 199 | ||
| 69 | 41 | Shots on Target | S O | 53 | 101 | ||
| 52% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 45% | ||
| 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 Duhail | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 31 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 19 | 30 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | Al Wakrah | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Al Sailiya | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -19 | 9 |
| 12 | Al Shahaniya | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -18 | 8 |