It will be a keen battle for supremacy when Al Khor play Al Ahli in Week 11 of the QNB Stars League on Saturday, 3rd November. The kick-off is at 19:25 at the Al Khor Stadium.

As the tournament reaches its halfway mark, the teams go into the game against contrasting backdrop.

Al Ahli are fresh from their 4-1 defeat of strong title contenders Al Sadd, whereas Al Khor suffered a 0-6 loss at the hands of Al Gharafa.

The Brigadiers thus completed a hat-trick of victories, having also beaten Al Shahania and Al Arabi in the previous rounds.

Al Ahli are sixth in the QNB Stars League table with 15 points (five victories and as many defeats). They scored 18 goals and conceded 20 to have a goal difference of -2.

Al Khor are placed 11th with eight points (two wins, five defeats and two draws) and will be desperate for points sooner rather than later. Goal difference is also not on their side (-10, eight goals for and 18 against).

Al Khor have only Al Kharaitiyat below them in the standings, so they seriously face relegation threat.

Al Ahli have the likes of Omid Ibrahimi, who scored two goals against Al Sadd, Nigel de Jong, Mohsine Moutaouly, Mohammed Reza, Meshaal Abdulla, Ali Ferydoon and Abdulrahman Fahmy in their ranks.

Al Khor will mainly have the services of Wagner Ferreira, Hilal Mohammed, Hamad Mansour and Naif Al Beriki.