The home fans bank on a win and three points in this match, and the home advantage could mean an extra goal against a stumbling visitor. Al Ahli are in 5th spot while the guesting Umm Salal panic at 10th.
- Al Ahli have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier League
This is a local fight, usually meaning more mental strain and significance.
Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an active match!
Al Ahli form and stats
The overall Premier League results playing at home this season for Al Ahli are 0-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Al Ahli travelled for their previous game, a trip to Al Markhiya that ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Ahli in the Al Markhiya match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Sailiya and winning 2-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Al Ahli perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Ahli as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Al Ahli has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Some goal stats: A review of the 10 most recent league games highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Al Ahli have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium with 7 goals in 4 league matches.
Umm Salal form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier League, are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Salal are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Umm Salal are travelling again after losing away to Qatar SC in their previous match (1-4).
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Al Duhail's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Umm Salal playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 1 Salal win, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
The Umm Salal defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H game ended Umm Salal - Ahli 0-1, played this season. Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Al Ahli won four games, five matches ended with a tie and Umm Salal managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Alnaimat 6 goals |  M. Kanani Zadegan 4 goals | A. Qadry 3 goals |
Al Ahli missing players
Umm Salal missing players
| Al Ahli | Umm Salal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 90% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 80% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 44% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 44% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 90% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 5.6 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| 3 | 3.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 10.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 11.8 | 11.1 |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 38% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 19% |
| 14.2 | 14.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3 | 8.8 | 9.3 |
| 5.4 | 4.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
- Al Ahli have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Al Ahli have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Al Ahli have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Ahli have scored more than double the goals of Umm Salal.
- Al Ahli have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Premier League
- Al Ahli have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Premier League
- Al Ahli have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Ahli have yet to win a game at home.
- Al Ahli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Ahli's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Umm Salal's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Umm Salal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Umm Salal have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Umm Salal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have yet to win a game away.
- Umm Salal haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 18 |
| 4 | Qatar SC | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Al Sadd | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Al Gharafa | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 8 | Al Shamal | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Al Markhiya | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 7 |
| 11 | Al Rayyan | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -15 | 4 |
