Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Shamal & Al Gharafa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QSL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This promises to be an engaging fixture with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!
Al Shamal form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the group stage.1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Shamal so far this season.
The regulars are hoping that Shamal will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the QSL Cup fixture against Al Arabi.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Premier League home game that ended 2-2 versus Al Ahli.Al Shamal has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Al Shamal's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Gharafa form and stats
They also participated in QSL Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.Things could have gone better for Al Gharafa in their Premier League away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
The followers enjoyed Al Gharafa's previous match versus Al Rayyan, a QSL Cup win (4-3) played at home.
Before that, Gharafa secured a home win against Al Markhiya with the score 2-1.It's early days yet, but Al Gharafa has scored 6 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (3 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - zero - eight (Al Shamal wins - draws - Al Gharafa wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Brahimi 5 goals |   Y. Bammou 3 goals |  I. Belfodil 3 goals |
Al Shamal missing players
Al Gharafa missing players
| Al Shamal | Al Gharafa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Scored | S | 23 | 49 | ||
| 46 | 20 | Conceded | C | 39 | 57 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 89% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 62% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 92% | 84% | ||
| 24% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.7 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 41% | ||
| 10.8 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.3 | ||
| 5 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 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 Duhail | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Gharafa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Arabi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Rayyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Al Shamal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | Al Markhiya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 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 Arabi | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Al Wakrah | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | Al Duhail | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Al Shamal | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Qatar SC | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Al Sadd | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Rayyan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
