About Match
9 points for Al Sadd (1st), 5 for Al-Arabi SC (4th): a 4-point gap. Against a league average of 1.83 goals per team per game, Al Sadd run at 4.33 scored and 1.33 conceded, Al-Arabi SC at 1.67 and 1. If Al-Arabi SC win, their total rises to 8 and up to 2nd, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Al Sadd have won four straight, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Al Sadd have banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Al-Arabi SC, 5.
9 meetings are on record — 4 won by Al Sadd, 4 by Al-Arabi SC, 1 drawn, at 4.11 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 89% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 56%.
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, capacity 20,000, hosts the game.