About Match
4 points for Al-Ahli Doha (7th), 0 for Al Sailiya (12th): a 4-point gap. Per game in the league, Al-Ahli Doha score 1.67 and conceding 2, Al Sailiya 0.67 and 2.33, against a competition average of 1.83 goals per team per game. A win here leaves Al-Ahli Doha on 7 points and up to 2nd, other results permitting.
Defeat has followed defeat for Al Sailiya — five in succession.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 3 Al-Ahli Doha wins, 3 for Al Sailiya, 2 draws, at 3.25 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 38% of those meetings. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 75% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 63%.
The venue is Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha, with room for 20,000 spectators.