Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Sailiya & Al Gharafa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QSL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Al Sailiya form and stats
Al Sailiya have played three Premier League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. 2W-3D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the QSL Cup for Al Sailiya.
Sailiya shared the glory with Al Khor in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Ahead of that match, Sailiya won a home game hosting Al Arabi (3-1).Sailiya have scored 0 goals here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic. Al Sailiya have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Al Gharafa form and stats
They also participated in QSL Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.2-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Gharafa in their Premier League matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the QSL Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses both home and away.
Impressive finishing from S. Hanni and C. Diabaté secured the home win 2-1 against Al Arabi in their previous game.
Prior to that match, the Gharafa manager A. Stramaccioni faced defeat when travelling to Qatar SC and losing 0-4.The Al Gharafa manager A. Stramaccioni has got the team scoring on the road, with 8 away goals in 4 league matches. Al Gharafa have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H encounter ended Al Gharafa - Al Sailiya 3-1, played this season. Last ten meetings with these contenders: Sailiya won six, Al Gharafa triumphed in four and we saw zero draws. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Diabaté 6 goals |   R. Rezaeian 2 goals | A. Alganehi 2 goals |
Al Sailiya missing players
Al Gharafa missing players
| Al Sailiya | Al Gharafa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 14 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 22 | 38 | ||
| 39 | 11 | Conceded | C | 26 | 48 | ||
| 92% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 32% | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.3 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 36% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 40% | ||
| 8.4 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 Sailiya | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Al Khor | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Al Arabi | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 8 |
| 5 | Qatar SC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | -8 | 7 |
| 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 |