Al Shamal and Al Gharafa will face off in Week 15 of the 2024-2025 season Ooredoo Stars League at the Al Bayt Stadium on Saturday, February 8, 2025. The kick-off is at 4.30pm.

Al Shamal are currently in fifth place in the rankings with 19 points, while Al Gharafa are third with 28 points, on goal difference from Al Sadd (second) and Al Ahli (fourth).

The match presents an important opportunity for both Al Shamal and Al Gharafa. While the latter will be looking to achieve another victory to advance further, Al Shamal would be aspiring to regain their winning touch.

Al Shamal are smarting from their defeat to Qatar SC in the previous round. They would be keen to break into the top four, but that would also depend on the results of the teams ahead of them.

Al Shamal coach David Prats relies on his attacking force which includes Algerian Baghdad Bounedjah, Mohammed Omar, Naim Sliti, Younes Belhanda and Omid Ebrahimi among other players and will want them to deliver the goods for the team to return to the path of victories.

As for Al Gharafa, they will aim to continue chasing leaders Al Duhail at the top, but will require to provide strong levels to achieve that. The match is expected to be exciting, especially since both teams have shown good form recently.

Al Gharafa will go into the match with a high morale following their recent 1-0 victory in Round 7 of AFC Champions League Elite over Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan. Coach Pedro Martins will want his team to keep up the momentum and score over Al Shamal to reach a total tally of 31 points.

The Cheetahs rely on a group of distinguished players, most notably Joselu, Yacine Brahimi, Ferjani Sassi, Amro Surag and Ahmed Al Janahi, who form the team’s attacking force.