About Match
3 points for Al Gharafa (9th), 4 for Al-Ahli Doha (7th): a 1-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 1.33/2.67 for Al Gharafa and 1.67/2 for Al-Ahli Doha (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.83. Three points here take Al Gharafa to 6 and up to 4th, overtaking Al-Ahli Doha, assuming other results stand.
Three consecutive defeats weigh on Al Gharafa, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 13 games: 7 Al Gharafa wins, 5 for Al-Ahli Doha, 1 draw, at 3.31 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 31% of the wins in this matchup. The fixture leans high-scoring: 69% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 62%.
Grand Hamad Stadium in Doha, capacity 44,400, hosts the game.