The fans of Al Rayyan and Qatar SC are set to witness a formidable confrontation when the two teams meet on Friday, August 25, at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Week 2 of the 2023-2024 season Expo Stars League. The kick-off is at 8.30pm.

Both teams are eager to secure a victory and earn three points to advance in the league campaign.

Currently, there is a great sense of optimism within the ranks of Al Rayyan regarding the possibility of overcoming this obstacle and securing the maximum points, following their lone-goal win in the first round against Al Markhiya.

On the other hand, Qatar SC will face a new challenge after their 4-4 draw in the first week against Al Gharafa, in a match that was highly exciting and competitive between the two teams. The result was undecisive until the last seconds, during which Qatar SC succeeded in scoring the fourth equalizing goal.

Al Rayyan’s Portuguese coach Leonardo Jardim relies on a number of players, including Roger Guedes, Rodrigo Moreno, Gabriel Pereira, Thiago Mendes, Sofiane Boufal, Shogo Taniguchi, Bassam Al Rawi, Abdulaziz Hatem, goalkeeper Fahad Younis and others.

Meanwhile, Qatar SC coach Youssef Safri will strive to achieve the first win of the season and he will be relying on Abdullah Al Ahrak, Abdullah Al Muftah, Ali Malallah, along with foreign professionals Bruno Tabata, who scored a hat-trick against Al Gharafa, Ali Al Saoudi, Raul Sanda, Bashar Resan, Ben Malango, Javier Martinez and Badr Bennoun.