Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Rayyan & Al Ahli face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QSL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Al Rayyan form and stats
Rayyan was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the QSL Cup.Only two Premier League home games for Al Rayyan so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. This match is a QSL Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in this competition.
Rayyan's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Al Duhail. Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Al Wakrah in a game that was won 1-0.
The defeat against Al Duhail was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by R. Rezaeian).
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Rayyan at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Al Ahli form and stats
They also participated in QSL Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Playing away, Al Ahli have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Premier League this season. When we have look at the QSL Cup statistics, we find 0W-1D-2L. This is both home and away.
Al Ahli failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Al Sadd that ended with defeat 1-7. Before that, Al Ahli secured a home win against Al Sailiya with the score 2-0.
Ahli lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-7 beating and focus on this one.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Ahli has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Al Rayyan won eight, Al Ahli won one and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Boli 3 goals |   N. El Zhar 3 goals |  Y. Brahimi 2 goals |
Al Rayyan missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| Al Rayyan | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 27 | 9 | Scored | S | 7 | 31 | ||
| 33 | 21 | Conceded | C | 14 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 196 | 82 | Total Shots | T S | 71 | 201 | ||
| 101 | 43 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 68 | ||
| 27% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 46% | ||
| 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 Ahli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al Kharitiyath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 Sadd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 13 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | Al Duhail | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Al Wakrah | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Al Sailiya | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | Al Kharitiyath | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 6 |
| 9 | Al Arabi | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Qatar SC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 |