National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Qatar SC or Al Sailiya that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams have had sufficient rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's wish for an animated fixture!
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's QSL Cup journey ended in the group stage.Qatar SC's struggle is real here at Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Stadium with only 6 points collected from 6 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-2. 3W-1D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the QSL Cup for Qatar SC.
It's back home for Qatar, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Arabi away with the result 3-2. Soria (2) and Mansour found the net in that victory. The victory against Al Arabi came after Mansour's winning goal. The Qatar SC manager Safri was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute.
Before that, Qatar SC had a QSL Cup home game versus Al Gharafa which ended with a victory 4-0.Qatar SC aren't scoring a lot here at Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Stadium in the league, with only 5 goals from 6 games. Qatar have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Al Sailiya form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Sailiya, as they won the QSL Cup.There's been little loot from Al Sailiya's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Al Sailiya only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 0 draws. Total QSL Cup statistics for Al Sailiya: 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Bitter travels for Al Sailiya as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Al Shamal match.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Al Khor in their previous outing. The QSL Cup match ended in a draw 1-1.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Al Arabi.Sailiya have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. Al Sailiya are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 6 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Qatar and Al Sailiya have played each other before this season: Al Sailiya - Qatar SC 8-0. Last ten meetings between these participants: Qatar SC won four, Al Sailiya triumphed in six and we saw zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Bonyan 2 goals |  J. Martínez Aginaga 2 goals |  M. Belaïli 2 goals |
Qatar SC missing players
Al Sailiya missing players
| Qatar SC | Al Sailiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 17 | 34 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Conceded | C | 28 | 39 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.5 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 32% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 36% | ||
| 9.9 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 8.4 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Qatar SC | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 2 | Al Sailiya | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | Al Khor | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Al Arabi | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 8 |
| 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 |