Match Report
Before the match
Al Shamal: four draws and one defeat over five games; two goals scored, six conceded, failing to score in three of those games, without a win. Latest: a 0-0 draw away to Lusail City on 17 October.
Against Lusail City in Qatar Stars League, Al Shamal scored zero and conceded zero on 17 October; the away from home result was 0-0. Al Shamal's away from home game on 12 October (AFC Champions League) ended 0-0 against Tractor Sazi, with zero goals for and zero against. On 8 October, Al-Duhail SC faced Al Shamal in Qatar Stars League: Al Shamal lost 0-4 at home, having scored zero and conceded four. AFC Champions League, 14 September brought a home meeting with Al-Ittihad FC; Al Shamal drew 1-1, a return of one goal scored and one conceded. Al Shamal hosted Al Wakrah on 10 September (Qatar Stars League) and drew 1-1; their goals totalled one, compared with one conceded.
Qatar SC's previous five results comprised two draws and three defeats. Their goal totals were 4 scored and 12 conceded, failing to score in three of those games, with no wins. Al-Sailiya were their latest opponents, away on 17 October: a 2-2 draw.
On 17 October, Al-Sailiya faced Qatar SC in Qatar Stars League: Qatar SC drew 2-2 away from home, having scored two and conceded two. Qatar Stars League, 9 October brought a home meeting with Al-Rayyan SC; Qatar SC lost 0-3, a return of zero goals scored and three conceded. Qatar SC visited Al-Arabi SC on 12 September (Qatar Stars League) and drew 0-0; their goals totalled zero, compared with zero conceded. Al Ahli Doha hosted Qatar SC (Qatar Stars League) on 3 September. For Qatar SC, the score was 0-1: zero goals scored, one allowed. 2-6 was Qatar SC's result against Al Sadd on 28 August (Qatar Stars League), playing at home; Qatar SC lost, with two scored to six conceded.
The last two recorded meetings were a 2-0 away win for Qatar SC on 13 April and a 1-1 draw at Qatar SC on 27 September 2025.
After the match
Qatar SC edged past Al Shamal 3-2 on 23 October 2026. Joao Pedro opened the scoring 49 minutes into the game for Qatar SC, set up by Ali Saoudi, to make it 1-0. Pau Prim added to the tally 50 minutes into the game for Qatar SC, set up by Joao Pedro, to make it 2-0. Riyad Mahrez pulled one back from the penalty spot 65 minutes into the game for Al Shamal to make it 1-2. Tiago Silva levelled it 74 minutes into the game for Al Shamal, set up by Fahad Waad, to make it 2-2. Qatar SC regained the lead through Yohan Boli 80 minutes into the game to make it 3-2. Abdelkarim Hassan (52'), Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane (56') and Pau Prim (93') were booked. Our current Elo ratings make Al Shamal slightly the stronger side, by 44 rating points over Qatar SC, even though it was Qatar SC who won this one. Every goal came after the interval. On current ratings our Elo-Poisson model gives Qatar SC only a 22.6% chance in this pairing, the least likely of the three outcomes. By expected goals the balance of play sat the other way: 2.15 to 1.31. Al Shamal: two yellow cards. Al Shamal made five changes. The card tally for Qatar SC was one yellow card. Qatar SC made three changes.