Al-Rayyan SC vs Al-Gharafa Prediction & Betting Tips

How each side has been playing

Al-Rayyan's last 20 matches across all competitions show 12 wins against just two defeats, with 45 goals scored and 23 conceded. That's a strong return, even accounting for the mix of league, cup and friendly fixtures in that sample.

Al-Rayyan SC: 20 completed matches; Al-Gharafa: 20 completed matches.

Al-Rayyan SC

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

10% 2 / 20

Scored

45

Conceded

23

Difference

+22

Al-Gharafa

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

35

Difference

-7

Al-Gharafa's equivalent run reads very differently: five wins, nine losses, and more goals conceded than scored. It's a rough patch, though it spans several competitions rather than one clean run of league form.

Al-Rayyan's broader form clearly outstrips Al-Gharafa's over the same recent stretch.

Comparative Team Statistics: Al-Rayyan SC vs Al-Gharafa

Head-to-head record

These two have faced off many times down the years, home and away, in league and cup competition alike. Scorelines have often been tight and goal-filled rather than one-sided.

The two most recent meetings both ended in Al-Gharafa's favour, including a 3-2 win at Al-Rayyan's ground and a narrow away win the season before. That's a small recent trend, but it sits against a much longer history that's gone both ways.

Current league standing

Only four Stars League games are on the board so far this season, so it's an early snapshot rather than a settled picture. Even so, Al-Rayyan sit second with ten points from three wins and a draw, while Al-Gharafa are down in ninth having lost two of their four.

The goal difference gap is notable too: Al-Rayyan have conceded just twice, Al-Gharafa eight times already.

Al-Rayyan's league position matches the strong form they've shown elsewhere.

Players making the difference

Róger Guedes has been Al-Rayyan's standout in the recent sample, with four goals in four matches. For Al-Gharafa, F. Magri and F. Díaz have chipped in with goals, and F. Coman has been the main creative outlet with a couple of assists.

Al-Rayyan SC:

Best scorers:

Róger Guedes - 4

Best assist providers:

Ahmed Al Rawi - 1

D. Amaro - 1

Gabriel Pereira - 1

Penalty cards:

Ahmed Al Ganehi x 2

D. Amaro x 2

André Amaro x 2

Al-Gharafa:

Best scorers:

F. Magri - 2

F. Díaz - 1

Best assist providers:

F. Coman - 2

F. Díaz - 1

Penalty cards:

F. Sassi x 3

On the discipline side, F. Sassi has picked up three yellow cards in four matches for Al-Gharafa, which is worth keeping an eye on given how that can affect a team's shape if suspensions follow.

What kind of game this could be

Both sides' recent numbers point to goals. Al-Rayyan have been scoring freely, Al-Gharafa have shipped plenty at the back, and several of their head-to-head meetings have finished with three or more goals in the game.

Al-Gharafa's away form has been shaky, but they've shown they can find the net against Al-Rayyan specifically in recent meetings, so a low-scoring, cagey affair doesn't look like the most likely script.