Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Wakrah & Al Sadd face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QSL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a QSL Cup game only three days ago. That game, against Al Duhail, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Al Sadd.
Al Wakrah form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Al Wakrah have collected seven points from their first three Premier League games here at Al Janoub Stadium, a promising start. This match is a QSL Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Wakrah travelled for their previous game, a trip to Al Sailiya that ended 2-2. In the match before that, Al Wakrah hosted Al Arabi and drew the Premier League game 2-2.
Wakrah salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Al Sailiya, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Jassim Ahmed equalizing.
A decent goal production from Wakrah in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. From these home matches, Wakrah have conceded only 2 goals.
Al Sadd form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Al Sadd playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Total QSL Cup statistics for Al Sadd: 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. In general it has been a productive period now for Sadd as they haven't lost any of their last ten games. Sadd are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Sadd play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Al Duhail.
The Al Sadd manager X. Hernández Creus has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 20 goals in 5 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Wakrah wins - draws - Al Sadd wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Cazorla González 4 goals |  T. Nam 4 goals |   M. Benyettou 3 goals |
Al Wakrah missing players
Al Sadd missing players
| Al Wakrah | Al Sadd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 27 | 19 | Scored | S | 37 | 57 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 17 | 24 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 191 | 109 | Total Shots | T S | 236 | 359 | ||
| 68 | 40 | Shots on Target | S O | 97 | 154 | ||
| 40% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Khor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al Sailiya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Al Wakrah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Qatar SC | 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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 13 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | Al Duhail | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Al Wakrah | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Al Sailiya | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | Al Kharitiyath | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 6 |
| 9 | Al Arabi | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Qatar SC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 |