Al Ahli Doha host Al Wakrah in the Qatar Stars League. Both sides have found this season tough going so far, with neither able to build any real momentum in the weeks leading up to this one.
Their head-to-head record stretches back years and has thrown up plenty of goals along the way. Recent form for both clubs has been patchy enough that it's not immediately obvious who arrives with the upper hand.
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Recent form tells two similar stories
Across their last 20 matches in all competitions, Al Wakrah have won seven, drawn five and lost eight, scoring 31 and conceding 34. Al Ahli Doha's numbers over the same stretch read six wins, six draws and eight losses, with 32 scored and 39 conceded. Neither side has strung together anything convincing for a while.
Al Ahli Doha: 20 completed matches; Al Wakrah: 20 completed matches.
Al Ahli Doha
- Win
- 30% 6 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 40% 8 / 20
- Scored
- 32
- Conceded
- 39
- Difference
- -7
Al Wakrah
- Win
- 35% 7 / 20
- Draw
- 25% 5 / 20
- Loss
- 40% 8 / 20
- Scored
- 31
- Conceded
- 34
- Difference
- -3
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QSL Cup | Al Ahli Doha | Al Shahaniya | 20.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| Stars League | Al-Rayyan SC | Al Ahli Doha | 11.09.2026 | 3-0 |
| Stars League | Al Ahli Doha | Qatar SC | 03.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Stars League | Al Ahli Doha | Lusail City | 28.08.2026 | 3-3 |
| Stars League | Al Sadd | Al Ahli Doha | 22.08.2026 | 3-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Al-Hilal Saudi FC | Al Ahli Doha | 03.08.2026 | 3-3 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Al Shabab | Al Ahli Doha | 30.07.2026 | 3-0 |
| Stars League | UMM Salal | Al Ahli Doha | 27.04.2026 | 1-3 |
| AFC Champions League Two | Al-Nassr | Al Ahli Doha | 22.04.2026 | 5-1 |
| AFC Champions League Two | Al Ahli Doha | Al Hussein | 19.04.2026 | 3-1 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QSL Cup | Al Wakrah | Al-Sailiya | 20.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Stars League | Al Shamal | Al Wakrah | 10.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Stars League | Lusail City | Al Wakrah | 04.09.2026 | 4-0 |
| Stars League | Al Wakrah | Al-Rayyan SC | 27.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Stars League | Al Wakrah | Qatar SC | 20.08.2026 | 2-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Nantes | Al Wakrah | 31.07.2026 | 5-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Rouen | Al Wakrah | 28.07.2026 | 1-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Caen | Al Wakrah | 25.07.2026 | 4-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Stade Brestois 29 | Al Wakrah | 22.07.2026 | 0-2 |
| Emir Cup | Al Wakrah | Al-Gharafa | 05.05.2026 | 0-0 |
Zooming in on the last five matches, Al Ahli Doha have one win, one draw and three losses, including a heavy 3-0 defeat away at Al-Rayyan and a QSL Cup loss to Al Shahaniya. Al Wakrah's last five show one win, two draws and two losses, with a 4-0 defeat at Lusail City the low point. Both teams look shaky at the back right now.
Neither side arrives with any real momentum behind them.
Comparative Team Statistics: Al Ahli Doha vs Al Wakrah

A long history full of goals
These two have met 20 times in the recorded history here, going back to 2019, and plenty of those games have been high-scoring. Al Ahli Doha won 5-3 in September 2025 and 6-3 back in January 2025, while Al Wakrah won the most recent league meeting 3-2 away in February this year.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stars League | Al Wakrah | Al Ahli Doha | 06.02.2026 | 3-2 |
| QSL Cup | Al Ahli Doha | Al Wakrah | 11.11.2025 | 2-2 |
| Stars League | Al Ahli Doha | Al Wakrah | 13.09.2025 | 5-3 |
| Stars League | Al Ahli Doha | Al Wakrah | 11.01.2025 | 6-3 |
| QSL Cup | Al Wakrah | Al Ahli Doha | 15.11.2024 | 3-1 |
| Stars League | Al Wakrah | Al Ahli Doha | 11.08.2024 | 2-2 |
| Stars League | Al Ahli Doha | Al Wakrah | 28.04.2024 | 1-0 |
| Stars League | Al Wakrah | Al Ahli Doha | 08.12.2023 | 3-2 |
| QSL Cup | Al Ahli Doha | Al Wakrah | 18.11.2023 | 4-2 |
| Stars League | Al Wakrah | Al Ahli Doha | 18.03.2023 | 5-2 |
That's not a guarantee of what happens this time, since form and personnel change, but it does show these fixtures rarely stay quiet.
This fixture has a habit of producing goals at both ends.
Both sitting in the lower half early on
After four league games this season, Al Ahli Doha are 8th with four points from one win, one draw and two losses, scoring five and conceding nine. Al Wakrah are 11th with two points from two draws and two losses, scoring four and conceding nine.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Al Shahaniya | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7/9 | 4 |
| 8 | Al Ahli Doha | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5/9 | 4 |
| 9 | Al-Gharafa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4/8 | 4 |
| 10 | Qatar SC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4/9 | 2 |
| 11 | Al Wakrah | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4/9 | 2 |
| 12 | Al-Sailiya | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5/13 | 0 |
It's a small sample so early in the campaign, but neither club has made a strong start.
One card worry to watch
Al Wakrah's Almahdi Ali has picked up three yellow cards in his last three appearances. That's worth keeping an eye on given how close it puts him to accumulation trouble, though there's nothing here confirming he'll actually miss this game.
Beyond that, there's no further team news to flag from what's available.

Likely to be an open game
Both teams have been leaking goals in recent matches, and their head-to-head history is littered with high-scoring results. Put that together and an open, back-and-forth contest looks plausible.
That said, defensive frailty on both sides cuts both ways, so it's not a given that either team controls the game for long.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Draxler | Germany | 33 | Forward | 185 | 79 |
| B. Bourigeaud | France | 32 | Midfielder | 178 | 70 |
| W. Troost-Ekong | Nigeria | 33 | Defender | 191 | 82 |
| N. Sliti | Tunisia | 34 | Attacker | 173 | 77 |
| M. Vlap | Netherlands | 29 | Attacker | 187 | 82 |
| Luiz Ceará | Qatar | 37 | Midfielder | 175 | 70 |
| Ismaeel Mohammad | Qatar | 36 | Midfielder | 174 | 70 |
| Talal Al Shila | Qatar | 34 | Midfielder | 186 | 79 |
| Hamad Mansour | Qatar | 32 | Midfielder | 171 | 75 |
| D. Fettouhi | Morocco | 37 | Midfielder | 185 | 81 |
| Erik Expósito | Spain | 30 | Attacker | 190 | 97 |
| R. Tihi | Finland | 24 | Defender | 185 | 84 |
| Ahmed Reyed | Qatar | 23 | Defender | 170 | 67 |
| A. Amraoui | Morocco | 22 | Defender | 184 | 78 |
| Mohammed Abdulla Al-Ishaq | Qatar | 21 | Midfielder | 183 | 78 |
| Mohamed Lingliz | Qatar | 21 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| Suhaib Gannan | Qatar | 22 | Attacker | 185 | 79 |
| Z. Sassi | Tunisia | 23 | Defender | 189 cm | n/a |
| Younis Abdelrahman | Qatar | 21 | Attacker | 178 | 73 |
| Ghanem Al Minhali | Qatar | 21 | Defender | 173 | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Alberto | Spain | 34 | 185 | 78 | |
| Mohammed Al Bakri | Qatar | 29 | 181 | 73 | |
| Abdelkarim Hassan | Qatar | 33 | Defender | 185 | 82 |
| Gelson Dala | Angola | 30 | 175 cm | 65 kg | |
| Lucas Veríssimo | Brazil | 31 | Defender | 188 cm | 84 kg |
| Hamdi Fathy | Egypt | 32 | 180 | 77 | |
| Murad Naji Hussein | Qatar | 35 | 175 | 74 | |
| Nasser Al Yazidi | Qatar | 26 | 179 cm | n/a | |
| Khalid Muneer | Qatar | 28 | 172 | 60 | |
| Lucas Mendes | Brazil | 36 | 183 | 82 | |
| Almahdi Ali | Qatar | 34 | 188 | 87 | |
| A. Laïdouni | Tunisia | 29 | 184 | 80 | |
| Gerard Valentín | Spain | 33 | 177 cm | 75 kg | |
| Ahmed Fadel | Qatar | 33 | n/a | n/a | |
| A. Assal | Morocco | 24 | 172 cm | 65 kg | |
| Abdollah Ali Saei | Qatar | 27 | 184 | 75 | |
| Tameem Mansour | Qatar | 23 | Attacker | 182 | 73 |
| Omair Al Sayed | Qatar | 26 | n/a | n/a | |
| Nabil Irfan | Qatar | 22 | 181 cm | 69 kg | |
| Yousef Mohammed Ramadan | Qatar | 34 | Goalkeeper |
Looking at everything together, this is a genuinely hard one to call. Both sides have been shaky defensively, both are stuck in the lower half of an early table, and their history together suggests goals rather than a one-sided script.
Without a market to weigh against that picture, the sensible move here is to sit this one out rather than force a pick that isn't well supported.
