About Match
The table reads 1st (Al Sadd, 6 pts) against 8th (Al Gharafa, 3 pts), 3 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Al Sadd 4.5 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Al Gharafa 1.5 and 2, with the league averaging 1.75. Three points here take Al Gharafa to 6 and up to 1st, overtaking Al Sadd, assuming other results stand.
Al Sadd arrive on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The five-game form split reads 13/15 points for Al Sadd against 7/15 for Al Gharafa.
Across 14 recorded meetings, Al Sadd have 9 wins to Al Gharafa's 1, with 4 draws, at 4.21 goals per meeting. Only 36% of these meetings ended in a home win. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 86% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 64%.
The venue is Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, with room for 20,000 spectators.