National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Rayyan or Umm Salal that keep their silverware dream alive.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Al Rayyan form and stats
Rayyan was eliminated in the final last season in the Emir Cup.Al Rayyan's results here in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
An away draw last time out for Al Rayyan, facing Al Sailiya in a game that ended 1-1.
Preceding that match was the home Premier League game against Al Duhail that was lost 0-4.This is expected to be a close game, with Al Rayyan perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Rayyan as a small favourite), we find six games. Al Rayyan has won two of these, drawn zero and lost four.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Al Rayyan as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Al Arabi are visiting.
Rayyan have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Al Rayyan have conceded 18 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Umm Salal form and stats
Salal's mission in Emir Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Umm Salal playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Umm Salal, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Al Sadd.
A 1-2 loss hosting Qatar SC before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Umm Salal in our archives, and the results are: one win for Umm Salal, four draws and four defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Sailiya in just four days.
Umm Salal are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 10 away games so far. 11 goals have been conceded by Salal in these games.
Head 2 Head
Al Rayyan-Umm Salal H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Rayyan three wins, Umm Salal three wins, four draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  A. Hussein 11 goals |  Y. Boli 6 goals | Y. Al Bakhet 6 goals |
Al Rayyan missing players
Umm Salal missing players
| Al Rayyan | Umm Salal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 25 | 41 | ||
| 41 | 26 | Conceded | C | 17 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 76% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 12% | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.3 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 48% | ||
| 8.5 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Sadd | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 45 | 46 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 25 | 39 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 27 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | -2 | 26 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 25 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 23 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -21 | 13 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 26 | -23 | 12 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -21 | 8 |
