National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Wakrah or Al Rayyan that keep their silverware dream alive.
Al Rayyan could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a QSL Cup game only four sleeps ago.
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 their QSL Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Al Wakrah have played three Premier League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Al Wakrah lost their last game at Al Shamal after a 1-2 scoreline. The penalty miss from Ismail Mahmoud in the defeat against Al Shamal was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Premier League home game that ended 0-0 versus Al Ahli.The lack of attacking qualities in Wakrah means that they have only scored 1 goal in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Wakrah have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Rayyan form and stats
They also participated in QSL Cup last season. This ended in the final.Al Rayyan are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a QSL Cup home defeat versus Al Ahli with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Al Ahli.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Rayyan have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. Al Rayyan have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the former ten meetings): Wakrah won one game, one match ended in a draw and Al Rayyan have eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  Y. Boli 3 goals |  Y. Brahimi 2 goals | H. Ali Abdullatif 2 goals |
Al Wakrah missing players
Al Rayyan missing players
| Al Wakrah | Al Rayyan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Scored | S | 20 | 36 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 19 | 38 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9.1 | 7.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 27% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Al Shamal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Rayyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 5 | Umm Salal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -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 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 |