Kick-off 17:30 Thursday 29th October at the Thani Bin Jassim stadium

Al Kharatiyat Head Coach Amar Osim 
This game seems to be even more important because we didn't get a good result in the last game. The most difficult thing will be to focus on this game rather than the previous bad result - easier to say than do. We will try to play a normal game and play with concentration. The result doesn't matter. But we have to play the entire duration of the match with total concentration so that at the end of the match, even if the results don't go our way, we can say that we gave it our all.
 
We don't have so many solutions or change that can be brought in. We have 12-13 players who play all the matches for us. However our mentality in the game against Mesaimeer wasn't at the required level. We have to play the entire game with the same level of concentration. And tomorrow we play a team that is better than Mesaimeer. So we have to be extra-dedicated.
 
We have put ourselves in such a situation. So it is up to us to respond and show that this is not what the level of the team is. We have good facilities. We have everything we need to get better results. The team must be able to show what we are capable of. Pressure in football is normal. But we have to deal with it and come up with a performance that befits our quality.

 

Al Sailiya Head Coach Sami Trabelsi
We tried to get back to our best and resolve the problems that we have seen against Umm Salal. Our target is to comeback quickly and change our situation. Sailiya until now hasn't shown the level that we are capable of. But when we see the statistics we cay say that we have played well in some games. We have also seen that we aren't that team that usually controls games. Kharatiyat are also in the same situation as us. They are a good team but they have made a bad start this season. Hopefully we will avoid the mistakes that we did before.
 
Until now we didn't play with 100% of our players being ready. I found myself forced to make changes in every game. And also some players were with the national team. The team until now is not completed. And we have also made mistakes in some matches.

In the last game we controlled the game but made individual mistakes which included conceding a red card and that cost us the match. We have changed the team 70 %. We have seven new players who are now playing regularly. So they need time to bond on the field.