National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Khor or Al Sailiya that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Al Khor form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.0 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Al Khor have to build on here at Al-Khwar Stadium in the Premier League. This match is a QSL Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in this competition. Khor has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager A. Lulz and the players.
I. El Haddad was the last player to score a league goal for Al Khor and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Al Khor haven't scored in 272 minutes.
Khor faced defeat in their previous match, away at Al Arabi (0-1).
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Qatar SC.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 Sailiya form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Sailiya, as they won the QSL Cup.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Sailiya so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-5 (win-draw-lose). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the QSL Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away. Bitter travels for Al Sailiya as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Al Shamal match.
The supporters enjoyed Sailiya's previous game versus Al Arabi, a QSL Cup 3-1 win played at home. It's hard not to mention Meshaal Al Shammari's lethal finishing against Al Arabi. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Prior to that match, a home win 8-0 against Qatar SC in the QSL Cup.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sailiya have scored 6 goals in 6 league games away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Sailiya's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 16 goals in 6 travels.
Head 2 Head
Al Sailiya - Khor 2-2 was the result in these participants' previous head to head game, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Khor three wins, five draws and Al Sailiya two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Vaz dos Santos 2 goals | I. El Haddad 2 goals |  R. Rezaeian 2 goals |
Al Khor missing players
Al Sailiya missing players
| Al Khor | Al Sailiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 28 | 18 | Scored | S | 16 | 37 | ||
| 50 | 20 | Conceded | C | 27 | 40 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.8 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | ||
| 10.2 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 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 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Al Sailiya | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | Al Khor | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Qatar SC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | -8 | 7 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 5 |
| 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 |