About Match
The table reads 9th (Al Gharafa, 3 pts) against 5th (Al Duhail, 5 pts), 2 points apart. Against a league average of 1.83 goals per team per game, Al Gharafa run at 1.33 scored and 2.67 conceded, Al Duhail at 1.33 and 0.67. A win would lift Al Gharafa to 6 points and up to 4th, overtaking Al Duhail (other results unchanged).
Three consecutive defeats weigh on Al Gharafa, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
16 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Al Gharafa 4, draws 3, Al Duhail 9, at 3.5 goals per meeting. 2.4 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a drop from the historical 3.5.
The match takes place at Grand Hamad Stadium in Doha (capacity 44,400).