Al Markhiya face Qatar SC in Week 13 of the 2022-2023 season QNB Stars League at the Qatar SC Stadium on Sunday. The kick-off is at 16:35.

Both teams enter the match with the goal of winning. Qatar SC are third with 19 points and Al Markhiya ninth with nine points.

Qatar SC seek to continue their winning run, having recorded three consecutive victories after the break – against Al Gharafa, Umm Salal and Al Arabi – that took them to the top four.

Qatar SC coach Yousef Safri will be happy with the great technical and psychological condition of the team, in addition to the support from their loyal fans.

Safri will mainly count on players such as Omar Al Emadi, Ben Malango, Sebastian Soria, Javi Martinez, Nasir Peer and Moataz Majed.

Bashar Rasan will miss the action due to the red card he received in the Al Arabi match.

As for Al Markhiya, they are coming off a 0-1 defeat at the hands of Al Sadd and will try hard to compensate for it even though they are fully aware that the task on hand is not easy, given the superiority and good form of the opponents.

Therefore, Al Markhiya coach Abdullah Mubarak will try to correct the mistakes and go into the match with high concentration in order to gain a positive result.

Al Markhiya will bank mainly on Iraqi Aymen Hussein, Ali Al Mohannadi and Moroccan Driss Fettouhi.

Qatar SC and Al Markhiya had played out a 1-1 draw in the first leg.