National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Umm Salal or Al Sadd that keep their silverware dream alive.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Umm Salal form and stats
Salal participated in Emir Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Umm Salal have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium.
The Umm Salal regulars got no joy from their last game, a Emir Cup duel also played here at Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium: A 1-3 defeat against Al Sadd.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Arabi (0-2).Umm Salal have scored {5 league goals} here from 8 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Salal have conceded only 7 goals.
Al Sadd form and stats
Al Sadd was sent out of Emir Cup in the semi-finals last season.The visitors are W5-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Two away matches in a row for Al Sadd, whose boss Díez could celebrate last time after the Emir Cup win against Umm Salal.
The fixture before that was the Qatar Prince Cup-duel against Al Duhail, a home defeat (0-2).
As opposed to that, Al Sadd have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Salal - Al Sadd 1-3 was the result in these contenders' last h2h fixture, earlier this season. Umm Salal-Al Sadd H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Umm Salal one win, Al Sadd six wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  B. Bounedjah 9 goals |  A. Afif 8 goals |   J. Vilaça Teixeira 4 goals |
Umm Salal missing players
Al Sadd missing players
| Umm Salal | Al Sadd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Scored | S | 22 | 57 | ||
| 40 | 14 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 91% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10.3 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 13.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.4 | ||
| 28% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 42% | ||
| 9.8 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 Duhail | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 42 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 40 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 29 |
| 5 | Al Wakrah | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 27 |
| 6 | Qatar SC | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -4 | 26 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -7 | 21 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 9 | Al Shamal | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -9 | 17 |
| 10 | Al Rayyan | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -16 | 13 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 9 |
