Al-Duhail SC host Lusail City in the Qatar Stars League. Both sides have shown a mixed bag of results across the various competitions they've been involved in this season, without either establishing a clear run of form.
Just four games into the league campaign, the two clubs sit close together in the table, separated by a single point. That leaves plenty still to work out before we get any sense of who's better placed heading into this one.
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A wide spread of results
Looking at the last 20 matches for each side across all competitions, Al-Duhail have won 8, drawn 5 and lost 7, scoring 33 and conceding 25. That sample takes in Stars League games, Emir Cup ties, AFC Champions League Elite fixtures and a Super Cup match, so it's not a pure league picture.
Al-Duhail SC: 20 completed matches; Lusail City: 20 completed matches.
Al-Duhail SC
- Win
- 40% 8 / 20
- Draw
- 25% 5 / 20
- Loss
- 35% 7 / 20
- Scored
- 33
- Conceded
- 25
- Difference
- +8
Lusail City
- Win
- 35% 7 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 35% 7 / 20
- Scored
- 32
- Conceded
- 27
- Difference
- +5
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QSL Cup | Al-Duhail SC | Al-Arabi SC | 21.09.2026 | 2-0 |
| Stars League | Al-Duhail SC | Al Shahaniya | 12.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Stars League | Al-Rayyan SC | Al-Duhail SC | 05.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Stars League | Al-Duhail SC | Al-Arabi SC | 29.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Stars League | Al-Duhail SC | Al-Sailiya | 22.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Emir Cup | Al-Duhail SC | Al Sadd | 05.05.2026 | 1-4 |
| Emir Cup | Al-Duhail SC | Al-Arabi SC | 01.05.2026 | 4-0 |
| Stars League | Qatar SC | Al-Duhail SC | 27.04.2026 | 1-2 |
| AFC Champions League Elite | Al-Ahli Jeddah | Al-Duhail SC | 13.04.2026 | 1-0 |
| Stars League | Al Ahli Doha | Al-Duhail SC | 08.04.2026 | 2-1 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QSL Cup | Lusail City | Al-Markhiya | 21.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Stars League | Al-Gharafa | Lusail City | 11.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| Stars League | Lusail City | Al Wakrah | 04.09.2026 | 4-0 |
| Stars League | Al Ahli Doha | Lusail City | 28.08.2026 | 3-3 |
| Stars League | Al-Rayyan SC | Lusail City | 20.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Den Bosch | Lusail City | 24.07.2026 | 2-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Dordrecht | Lusail City | 18.07.2026 | 5-0 |
| Second Division | Lusail City | Al Bidda SC | 30.04.2026 | 1-2 |
| Second Division | Al-Markhiya | Lusail City | 25.04.2026 | 0-2 |
| Second Division | Lusail City | Al Mesaimeer | 12.04.2026 | 3-0 |
Lusail City's equivalent sample reads 7 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, with 32 scored and 27 conceded. Theirs mixes Second Division football from earlier in the year with more recent Stars League and QSL Cup outings, including some big scorelines both ways, a 5-0 friendly win but also a 1-5 defeat.
Neither side's broader sample points to a dominant run of form, which fits with how tight things look at this early stage of the league season.
Comparative Team Statistics: Al-Duhail SC vs Lusail City

Two points, one place
In the Qatar Stars League table itself, Al-Duhail sit fifth with six points from four games, having won once and drawn the other three without losing. Lusail City are just below them in sixth, on five points from a win, two draws and a defeat.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Al-Arabi SC | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5/3 | 6 |
| 5 | Al-Duhail SC | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5/3 | 6 |
| 6 | Lusail City | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7/4 | 5 |
| 7 | Al Shahaniya | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7/9 | 4 |
That's a narrow gap after only four rounds, and it's still early enough that a single result could shuffle both clubs up or down.
Threats and bookings to note
For Lusail, F. Zavoshi has two goals in four matches, with H. Firouzi contributing a goal and two assists in the same span, so their early attacking output is fairly concentrated in those two.
Al-Duhail's scoring has been more shared out. Tahsin Jamshid has just one goal in four games despite the team netting five in the league, so others have chipped in too. Worth flagging as well that M. Aiash for Lusail and B. Soumaré for Duhail have both picked up two yellow cards in four matches, putting each one caution away from a ban.

What the numbers suggest
Al-Duhail have drawn three of their four league games this season, so there's a habit of games being shared rather than won outright. Lusail have two draws in their own recent league run too, which points the same way.
Both clubs have also shown they can be loose at the back in their wider run of matches, with heavy scorelines cropping up in cup and lower-division fixtures. That inconsistency makes it hard to lean confidently either way on how open or tight this one turns out.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Verratti | Italy | 33 | Midfielder | 165 | 60 |
| K. Piątek | Poland | 31 | Forward | 180 | 75 |
| Assim Madibo | Qatar | 29 | Midfielder | 164 | 71 |
| Bassam Al Rawi | Qatar | 28 | Defender | 175 | 78 |
| Karim Boudiaf | Qatar | 36 | Midfielder | 190 | 85 |
| Almoez Ali | Qatar | 30 | Midfielder | 180 | 72 |
| J. Castelletto | Cameroon | 31 | Defender | 176 | 76 |
| B. Soumaré | France | 27 | Midfielder | 188 | 70 |
| Sultan Al Braik | Qatar | 30 | Defender | 180 | 66 |
| Abdullah Abdulsalam | Qatar | 29 | Midfielder | 177 | 69 |
| Edmilson Junior | Brazil | 32 | Midfielder | 182 | 75 |
| Salah Zakaria | Qatar | 27 | Goalkeeper | 188 | 91 |
| Mubarak Shanan Hamza | Qatar | 22 | Midfielder | 177 | 68 |
| S. Yansané | France | 23 | Attacker | 188 | 83 |
| I. Bamba | Italy | 24 | Defender | 183 | 68 |
| A. Boulbina | Algeria | 23 | Forward | 178 | 70 |
| Tahsin Jamshid | Qatar | 20 | Attacker | 178 | n/a |
| A. Doumbouya | France | 19 | Defender | 182 | 72 |
| A. Belmadi | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Y. A. El Ajami | n/a | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodrigo | Spain | 35 | Attacker | 182 cm | 77 kg |
| Khaled Mohammed | Qatar | 26 | Midfielder | 172 | 62 |
| O. Ebrahimi | Iran | 39 | Defender | 178 | 77 |
| A. Nemati | Iran | 30 | Defender | 182 cm | n/a |
| F. Russo | Argentina | 31 | Defender | 185 cm | 78 kg |
| A. Ndiaye | Senegal | 30 | Attacker | 173 cm | 70 kg |
| Ali Malolah | Qatar | 27 | Defender | 172 cm | 64 kg |
| Naif Al Hadhrami | Qatar | 25 | Midfielder | 181 | 64 |
| Mohamed Khaled | Qatar | 23 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Georg Stojanovski | North Macedonia | 22 | Attacker | 186 | |
| Amir Hassan | Qatar | 22 | Goalkeeper | 190 | 82 |
| Muhammad Taher Khan | Qatar | 22 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| T. Geralnik | Argentina | 23 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Abdulhadi Kasr Al-Oun | Qatar | 0 | Midfielder | ||
| F. Zavoshi | Iran | 23 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| A. Shakouri | Iran | 20 | Goalkeeper | 189 cm | n/a |
| A. Pilali | n/a | Defender | n/a | n/a | |
| K. Mansour | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a | |
| S. Jjbril | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a | |
| H. Firouzi | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
There's not much separating these two right now, whether you look at the league table or the broader run of results either side has put together. Both have shown they can score goals and both have shown they can be exposed at the other end.
With no market to weigh up and the evidence pointing to a tight, unpredictable contest, we're happy to sit this one out rather than force a view.
