The first leg ended CS Sfaxien-Qatar SC 0-0. All is set for the decider in this Arab Club Championship 1st Round fixture!
These teams have little in common geographically as CS Sfaxien have to travel 5200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
This has all the signs of an exciting match with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
Qatar SC form and stats
5 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Qatar SC have to build on here at Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in the Premier League.
The Qatar boss Safri and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus CS Sfaxien in the Arab Club Championship.
Ahead of that match, Qatar SC lost 1-3 at home to Al Duhail.This is expected to be a close game, with Qatar SC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Qatar SC as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Qatar SC has won 7 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Al Sadd in only four days. This game is also played here at Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium.
Qatar have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium with 17 goals in 9 league matches. Qatar SC have conceded 11 in these home matches.
CS Sfaxien form and stats
Sfaxien delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Qatar SC in their previous game; a Arab Club Championship fixture.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Club Africain in the Ligue 1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with CS Sfaxien playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 CS Sfaxien wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other before this campaign: CS Sfaxien - Qatar SC 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Malango Ngita 5 goals |  A. Soria Quintana 4 goals |  B. Banoun 4 goals |
Qatar SC missing players
CS Sfaxien missing players
| Qatar SC | CS Sfaxien | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Scored | S | 8 | 18 | ||
| 42 | 16 | Conceded | C | 10 | 16 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 20% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 44% | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.4 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 8 | ||
| 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 38% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 27% | ||
| 10 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 7.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 42 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 40 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 29 |
| 5 | Al Wakrah | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 27 |
| 6 | Qatar SC | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -4 | 26 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -7 | 21 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 9 | Al Shamal | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -9 | 17 |
| 10 | Al Rayyan | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -16 | 13 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 9 |
