Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Markhiya & Al Rayyan face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QSL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a match between two teams close to each other, usually meaning added motivation and significance.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Markhiya and Al Rayyan.
Al Markhiya form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Al Markhiya's two home games in the Premier League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Thani Bin Jassim Stadium.
The home regulars saw a 0-0 draw against Al Rayyan in the QSL Cup last time out and are looking for a win here.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Al Duhail in the QSL Cup.
Early season league goal statistics from Al Markhiya's 2 home games: 4 goals, 4 conceded.
Al Rayyan form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.0-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Rayyan in their Premier League matches away.
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Al Markhiya in their previous outing. The QSL Cup duel ended 0-0.
A loss, in the QSL Cup away at Al Gharafa, earlier. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Al Rayyan in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Al Rayyan, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Al Rayyan's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. 5 goals have been conceded by Rayyan in these games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous six meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for Al Markhiya, zero draws and four wins for Al Rayyan. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Hussein 4 goals | A. Al Muhannadi 2 goals |  Y. Boli 2 goals |
Al Markhiya missing players
Al Rayyan missing players
| Al Markhiya | Al Rayyan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 37 | 14 | Scored | S | 16 | 33 | ||
| 39 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 43 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 5.4 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10.5 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | ||
| 9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.2 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Gharafa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Arabi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Rayyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Al Shamal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | Al Markhiya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0 |
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Al Wakrah | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | Al Duhail | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Al Shamal | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Qatar SC | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Al Sadd | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Rayyan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
