National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Shamal or Al Rayyan that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Al Shamal form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Al Shamal at their home stadium (Al-Khwar Stadium) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. 1W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the QSL Cup for Al Shamal.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Hassan Idriss Dicko not having conceded a league goal in 215 minutes.
Al Shamal shared the glory with Al Ahli in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Al Khor.A decent goal production from Shamal in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Al Shamal defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Al Rayyan form and stats
They also participated in QSL Cup last season. This ended in the final.1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Rayyan in their Premier League matches away. When we have look at the QSL Cup statistics, we find 0W-0D-3L. This is both home and away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Rayyan have lost on their last two travels.
Rayyan failed to get anything from their last game, a QSL Cup home match vs Umm Salal that ended with defeat 1-2.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Al Gharafa.Al Rayyan find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Rayyan have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Al Shamal-Al Rayyan H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Shamal one win, Al Rayyan six wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Y. Boli 5 goals |  B. Mohammad Seif 4 goals | M. Al Yazidi 2 goals |
Al Shamal missing players
Al Rayyan missing players
| Al Shamal | Al Rayyan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 21 | 33 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Conceded | C | 28 | 48 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8.8 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Umm Salal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Shamal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 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 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 |