Match kick-off Thursday, April 16th 18:15 at the Abdulla bin Khalifa stadium

Al Kharaitiyat head coach Amar Osim
Playing against a team that is coming from a loss, especially a team like Jaish can work to our advantage. They will be keen to perform well against us. They can get tired as well because when you play against us you have to run a lot to get the ball. They will be motivated to get a good result and that can be good for us.
 
If they had got a good result against Sadd, maybe they would have not looked to play so seriously against us. They will think that they have got a good result against Sadd and so it will be easier against Kharaitiyat. When now that they have lost against Sadd, they will  have lost confidence and  so the fact that they will play us after their loss against Sadd will help us. I can't say to what extent but it will work on our favour.

But they are still a tough team. They are one of the top teams, maybe a little bit below Sadd and Lekhwiya. So they belong to the very top of the league. But we will fight as we have done in the games before and try and get as good a result as possible. 

We are thinking only about tomorrow's game. Not about the Emir Cup. The Emir Cup is another competition and that will need another approach. It will need another strategy to play for those games. 

No absences at the moment.
 

 
El Jaish head coach Sabri Lamouchi
It's the last game but it is very important because we want to forget our defeat against Sadd and come back with a win. Also we want to confirm our third place in the standings. Kharaitiyat is one of the good teams in the last part of the season. They are aggressive and are strong in all lines. They play easy but they are efficient.  
 
I am sure that the players will be keen to show a reaction during this game. I think in the Sadd game, in the second half we lost concentration and that cost us the match. So after that big defeat we need to come back stronger and show our quality.

It's different situations. It's last game in the league and we have to win these three points to get the third place. Cup competitions are always different. For example if we lose tomorrow we could stay third or go fourth. But in the Qatar Cup if we lose the first game then we don't have a chance to come back. 

It's also good if you want to really prepare for the Cup you have to give a good performance during this game.

Now we are focussing on tomorrow's game and after that we will have time to recover and focus on the Qatar Cup.  

Of course we have to manage time during this game and also to keep our concentration. It will not be easy but managing time is very important in these kinds of games.