The reigning champions of QNB Stars Leagues, Al Duhail and yet-to-be-champions Al Sadd will come face to face in an epic battle of 2021 Qatar Cup Final that will be witnessed on Friday, 26th February, 2021 at the Al Duhail Stadium.

Al Duhail cruised to the final after dominating Al Gharaffa (2-1) while Al Sadd defeated Al Rayyan (1-0) to reach the finals of the tournament.

Accordingly, Al Duhail, Al Rayyan, Al Sadd and Al Gharafa, who finished in that order in the 2019-20 season QNB Stars League, competed in this years edition of the elite Qatar Cup.

Al Duhail and Al Sadd are easily the two best teams around and it is quite befitting that they made it to the final. Al Sadd are the leading comptent of the 2020-21 season QNB Stars League standings with 47 points, 13 points more than the second-positioned Al Duhail.

It will also be a battle for technical supremacy between Al Duhail coach Sabri Lamouchi and his Al Sadd counterpart Xavi Hernandez.

Lamouchi has at his disposal a large number of standout players, such as goalkeeper Salah Zakaria, Mohammed Musa, Ali Malallah, Ismail Mohammed, Karim Boudiaf, Sultan Al Breik, Assim Madibo, Michael Olunga, Almoez Ali, Eduardo Rodrigues Dudu, Paulo Edmilson Junior and Ali Karimi.

On the other hand, Xavi will mainly have the services of goalkeeper Meshaal Barsham, Tarek Salman and Nam Tae-Hee, Hassan Al Haydous, Baghdad Bounedjah, Rodrigo Tabata, Santi Cazorla, Salem Al Hajri, Ahmed Sohail, Musaab Khader, Pedro Miguel and Boualem Khoukhi.

It may be recalled that Al Sadd had beaten Al Duhail in the final of 2020 Qatar Cup. On to this season, Al Sadd beat Al Duhail in both legs of QNB Stars League by a 3-1 margin.