National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Rayyan or Al Shamal that keep their silverware dream alive.
This looks to be an action-packed game with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well revitalized since they last played a game. Bring it on!
Al Rayyan form and stats
Rayyan participated in QSL Cup the last season, where they reached the final.Overall Premier League results at home this season for Al Rayyan are 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). 4W-0D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the QSL Cup for Al Rayyan.
A good away victory last time out for Al Rayyan, who won 2-1 against Umm Salal.
Ahead of that match, Rayyan won a home game hosting Al Wakrah (2-1).Rayyan can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 8 times. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Al Rayyan having conceded 10 goals here at Al-Khwar Stadium so far.
Al Shamal form and stats
0 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Al Shamal playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the QSL Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses both home and away. Shamal has drawn their two previous away games.
Al Shamal have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Hassan Idriss Dicko. It's been 215 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
Shamal go into this game after a win, the home game against Umm Salal that ended 3-2.
It was a QSL Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Al Wakrah wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Shamal as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Shamal are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 3 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Al Shamal - Rayyan 0-3 was the output when these contenders formerly did battle, some time ago this season. Numbers for the previous ten meetings featuring these two squads are: six wins for Rayyan, three draws and one win for Al Shamal. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Boli 5 goals |  B. Mohammad Seif 4 goals | M. Awad 2 goals |
Al Rayyan missing players
Al Shamal missing players
| Al Rayyan | Al Shamal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 36 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 34 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Conceded | C | 18 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.8 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | ||
| 9 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 Wakrah | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Al Shamal | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 4 | Umm Salal | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 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 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 |