Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Rayyan & Al Wakrah face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QSL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
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 final last season in the QSL Cup.When playing at home in the Premier League, Al Rayyan have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 4 games. This match is a QSL Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses in this competition.
Al Rayyan enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Al Ahli's place. The match ended 2-0 with Y. Brahimi and Y. Boli scoring.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Al Shamal.There will be little rest for Rayyan after this match as they are travelling to Umm Salal for a QSL Cup game in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (8 in 4 games), Rayyan's attacking play is working. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Rayyan having conceded 10 goals here at Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Stadium so far.
Al Wakrah form and stats
Wakrah was sent out of QSL Cup in the semi-finals last season.3-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Wakrah in their Premier League matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the QSL Cup stats, they have 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
Impressive finishing from Ismail Mahmoud (2) secured the home win 2-0 against Al Shamal in their previous game.
Preceding that game was the away QSL Cup victory against Umm Salal with the score of 3-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Ahli in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Al Wakrah have scored 4 goals in 4 league games away. Wakrah's manager B. Márquez López has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams meet this season, as the statistics show this recent game: Al Wakrah - Rayyan 4-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Rayyan seven wins, one draw and Al Wakrah two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Boli 5 goals |  M. Benyettou 3 goals |  J. Dala 3 goals |
Al Rayyan missing players
Al Wakrah missing players
| Al Rayyan | Al Wakrah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 35 | 12 | Scored | S | 13 | 34 | ||
| 46 | 20 | Conceded | C | 6 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 84% | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 32% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.1 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 35% | ||
| 9.4 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 7.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Umm Salal | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 3 | Al Rayyan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Al Ahli | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 5 | Al Shamal | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 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 |