National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Wakrah or Al Ahli that keep their silverware dream alive.
Wakrah have less rest than Al Ahli in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a QSL Cup game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Al Rayyan.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Wakrah form and stats
Last season, Wakrah's QSL Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.The story so far in the Premier League for Al Wakrah at their home stadium (Al-Khwar Stadium) is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. 5W-0D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the QSL Cup for Al Wakrah.
Al Wakrah faced defeat in their previous match, away at Al Rayyan (1-2).
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Al Shamal.Wakrah are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. 7 goals have been conceded.
Al Ahli form and stats
They also participated in QSL Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.0 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Al Ahli playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the QSL Cup stats, they have 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses both home and away. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Ahli, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Al Kharitiyath game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Al Ahli failed to get anything from their last game, a QSL Cup home match vs Al Rayyan that ended with defeat 0-2.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Al Shamal.The attacking power of Ahli when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. As opposed to that, Ahli have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Al Ahli - Wakrah 0-2 was the product when this pair of contenders formerly played each other, earlier this season. Head to head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Al Wakrah won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Al Ahli have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  M. Benyettou 3 goals |  J. Dala 3 goals |  P. Eze 3 goals |
Al Wakrah missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| Al Wakrah | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 8 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Scored | S | 16 | 21 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Conceded | C | 29 | 40 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 81% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 44% | ||
| 4.7 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 24% | ||
| 7.8 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 Wakrah | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Al Shamal | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 4 | Umm Salal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 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 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 |