National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Qatar SC or Al Sadd that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Al Sadd played their last game only four days ago, a AFC Champions League match. That game, against Al Nassr, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Al Sadd.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Qatar SC form and stats
Last season, Qatar SC's QSL Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.When playing at home in the Premier League, Qatar SC have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games. 3W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the QSL Cup for Qatar SC. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Qatar SC has four draws from their last four matches. Qatar SC have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Qatar SC haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 335 minutes ago. Kayke scored that one. Nothing to worry about in defence for Qatar SC, as their goalkeeper Jasem Adel Al Hail has completely shut out the opponents for 346 minutes in the Premier League.
Qatar SC shared the glory with Al Gharafa in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Before that, Qatar SC drew at home versus Al Wakrah.
Qatar SC aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. 9 goals have been conceded.
Al Sadd form and stats
Al Sadd's mission in QSL Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Al Sadd's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Sadd collect 15 points from their 7 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the QSL Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away. The fact that Al Sadd have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Al Sadd, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Al Sadd has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Al Nassr for a AFC Champions League game that ended a draw (2-2). Before that, Al Sadd secured a home win against Al Sailiya with the score 3-0.
A quick return to home after this game, as Al Sadd are hosting Sepahan in the AFC Champions League only three days away.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Al Sadd alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (25 from 7 played). Al Sadd have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - zero - six (Qatar SC 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
  B. Bounedjah 12 goals |  A. Afif 11 goals |  H. Al Heidos 7 goals |
Qatar SC missing players
Al Sadd missing players
| Qatar SC | Al Sadd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 29 | 8 | Scored | S | 42 | 70 | ||
| 38 | 14 | Conceded | C | 22 | 53 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 92% | 88% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 181 | 69 | Total Shots | T S | 120 | 275 | ||
| 69 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 66 | 133 | ||
| 41% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 31 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 19 | 30 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | Al Wakrah | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Al Sailiya | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -19 | 9 |
| 12 | Al Shahaniya | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -18 | 8 |