National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Wakrah or Al Sailiya that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. This match was also played here. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Al Sailiya have had more rest.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Al Wakrah form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.5-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Wakrah so far this season. This match is a QSL Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses in this competition. Wakrah has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
1-1 away at Al Sadd before that.
The Wakrah fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Al Wakrah's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Sailiya form and stats
Sailiya was sent out of QSL Cup in the group stage last season.The visitors are W4-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the QSL Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
Sailiya are looking to quickly end their 266 minutes long goal drought in the Premier League.
The manager S. Trabelsi was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Thani Bin Jassim Stadium (Al-Gharafah Stadium). Al Sailiya suffered a 0-2 loss to Al Duhail. Prior to that match, the Sailiya manager S. Trabelsi faced defeat when travelling to Al Wakrah and losing 0-1.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Al Sailiya struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Al Sailiya - Wakrah 2-2 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Wakrah, two draws and three wins for Al Sailiya. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Benyettou 6 goals |   M. Ali 6 goals |  K. Mazeed 3 goals |
Al Wakrah missing players
Al Sailiya missing players
| Al Wakrah | Al Sailiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 30 | 21 | Scored | S | 13 | 32 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 45 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 35% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 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 Sadd | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 57 | 51 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 40 |
| 3 | Al Rayyan | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | Qatar SC | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 31 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -7 | 29 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 26 |
| 8 | Al Sailiya | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -12 | 23 |
| 9 | Al Wakrah | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 22 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -16 | 15 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 29 | -25 | 14 |
| 12 | Al Kharitiyath | 19 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 25 | -30 | 9 |