Al Sadd 2-3 Al-Arabi SC: result and AI prediction
Al Sadd – Al-Arabi SC, Stars League, Friday, October 9, 2026 at 06:00 PM (GMT). Venue: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Al Sadd is #1 in the table (12 pts) and Al-Arabi SC #4 (6 pts). It's a clash between two of the top four. Al Sadd is unbeaten in its last 5 matches. Al-Arabi SC is unbeaten in its last 5 matches. Al Sadd averages 4.8 goals per match this season. Al-Arabi SC has kept 2 clean sheets in 4 matches.
AI confidence: Medium
AI match recap
Al Sadd bring the division’s strongest early momentum into a derby that carries far more danger than the table alone suggests. The hosts have been prolific, but their lack of clean sheets gives a disciplined Al-Arabi route into the match through transitions and dead balls. Al-Arabi are unbeaten in the league and have recently had the better of this rivalry, so they will not simply absorb pressure. The key question is whether Al Sadd’s attacking tempo can break the visitors’ compact block before the derby tension changes the game.
Head-to-head analysis
This is a volatile derby: Al-Arabi have won six of the last ten listed meetings and each of the last three, while Al Sadd have also produced several emphatic victories in the series. Recent head-to-head form gives the visitors a meaningful psychological counterweight to the current league table.
Form (last 5)
Al Sadd vs Al-Arabi SC stats
| Al Sadd | Al-Arabi SC | |
|---|---|---|
| Played | 4 | 4 |
| Goals scored | 19 | 5 |
| Goals conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Clean sheets | 0 | 2 |
Last meetings
- 2026-03-17Al-Arabi SC 2-1 Al Sadd
- 2026-01-19Al-Arabi SC 5-0 Al Sadd
- 2025-10-25Al Sadd 1-3 Al-Arabi SC
- 2025-01-30Al-Arabi SC 1-3 Al Sadd
- 2024-08-22Al Sadd 5-0 Al-Arabi SC
- 2024-03-10Al-Arabi SC 2-2 Al Sadd

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