It's time for cup football and it's the QSL Cup Group Stage between Al Rayyan and Al Sadd. Here's the biggest preview available before kick-off:
Al Rayyan and Al Sadd 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.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Rayyan form and stats
Last season, Al Rayyan's QSL Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals against Al Kharitiyath.Al Rayyan have collected 9 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-3-0. Al Rayyan haven’t lost a game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Al Gharafa, 251 days ago.
The fans are hoping that Al Rayyan will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the QSL Cup game against Al Wakrah. 2-2 away at Umm Salal before that.
Al Rayyan can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 11 times. Al Rayyan are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Al Sadd form and stats
They also participated in QSL Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Qatar SC drew the shortest straw.Al Sadd have six points from their first three away games in the Premier League, meaning two victories and a loss.
Al Sadd delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Umm Salal in their previous match; a QSL Cup game. A 3-4 defeat away at Al Ahli before that.
The Al Sadd manager David Prats has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 11 goals in 3 league matches away. The Al Sadd manager David Prats has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Al Rayyan, 1 draw and 6 wins for Al Sadd. Over 2,5 goals: 9 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.Top Goalscorers
  B. Bounedjah 37 goals |  Akram Afif 25 goals |   Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata 7 goals |
Al Rayyan missing players
Al Sadd missing players
| Al Rayyan | Al Sadd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 52 | 25 | Scored | S | 24 | 57 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Conceded | C | 22 | 49 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 91% | 92% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 6.5 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 202 | 119 | Total Shots | T S | 123 | 321 | ||
| 107 | 60 | Shots on Target | S O | 54 | 140 | ||
| 44% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 40% | ||
- Al Sadd have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Al Sadd haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Sadd's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
| 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 Rayyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al Shahaniya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Al Wakrah | 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 Duhail | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 26 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 22 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Al Sadd | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Al Wakrah | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -14 | 5 |
| 12 | Al Shahaniya | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -14 | 4 |