Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Sailiya & Al Sadd face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QSL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the QSL Cup.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Sailiya form and stats
Last season, Sailiya's QSL Cup journey ended in the group stage.Two Premier League home games so far for Al Sailiya, who are yet to win here at Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium. Only 1 point so far.
A strong away win for Sailiya against Al Duhail the last match, as A. Hammoudan and Thiago Bezerra (2) were on target. Before that game, the home loss against Al Khor with the scoreline 1-5.
Al Sailiya has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 6 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Sadd form and stats
Sadd was sent out of QSL Cup in the quarter-finals last season.Al Sadd are yet to lose a point on their Premier League travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Sadd's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Al Rayyan game.
Sadd had fun at their own home (Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium) last time out, beating Al Arabi 4-0. Santi Cazorla, Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata and Nam Tae-Hee scored. Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Qatar SC.
As you can tell from the results above, Sadd was very dominant against Al Arabi, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Santi Cazorla, Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata and Nam Tae-Hee providing the goals.
After this away game Al Sadd return home for a Premier League game against Al Khor. That game is only four sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Al Sadd has scored 10 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Al Sailiya won zero, Al Sadd won seven and three draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Cazorla González 3 goals |  B. Bounedjah 2 goals |   M. Siddiq 1 goals |
Al Sailiya missing players
Al Sadd missing players
| Al Sailiya | Al Sadd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Scored | S | 31 | 57 | ||
| 34 | 22 | Conceded | C | 16 | 25 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 225 | 105 | Total Shots | T S | 170 | 326 | ||
| 89 | 47 | Shots on Target | S O | 68 | 140 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Khor | 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 Sailiya | 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 | Qatar SC | 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 Ahli | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Al Sadd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | Al Duhail | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Al Kharitiyath | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Al Arabi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Umm Salal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |