National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Shamal or Al Wakrah that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are hustling days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Umm Salal.
Al Shamal form and stats
Only two Premier League home games for Al Shamal so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Shamal shared the glory with Umm Salal in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Prior to that, an away loss at Al Sadd in the Premier League.Al Shamal has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Wakrah form and stats
Wakrah's mission in QSL Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Wakrah has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Wakrah's last game was the home draw against Al Ahli (0-0).
Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Al Khor with the score of 2-1.Al Wakrah have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Shamal victories, three draws and seven Al Wakrah wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Al Yazidi 2 goals | B. Mohammad Seif 2 goals | K. Saad 1 goals |
Al Shamal missing players
Al Wakrah missing players
| Al Shamal | Al Wakrah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Scored | S | 9 | 27 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 48% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 31% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Shamal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al Wakrah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Umm Salal | 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 Sadd | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 15 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 12 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Al Arabi | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 9 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Al Wakrah | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Umm Salal | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Shamal | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
| 10 | Al Sailiya | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
| 11 | Al Ahli | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Al Khor | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 3 |