The Premier League league table tells a tale about these squads up until now, with Al Arabi leading Umm Salal by 27 points. Tipsway previews the game:
- Al Arabi have the most clean sheets (8) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals (13) in Premier League
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
It's no vacation for neither Al Arabi nor Umm Salal as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Al Arabi form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 8 Premier League games here at Grand Hamad Stadium for Al Arabi. The data says 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. It’s been three wins in a row for Al Arabi here at Grand Hamad Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
A nice win for Arabi last time playing, versus Umm Salal. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Somah (2) scoring for the victors.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Umm Salal in the QSL Cup.
Al Arabi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Grand Hamad Stadium with 13 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Al Arabi have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Umm Salal form and stats
Umm Salal have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-3-6 (10 played).
Salal lost away at Al Arabi (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
The match earlier was the QSL Cup-duel against Al Duhail, a home defeat (0-1).
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Umm Salal, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Umm Salal has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Arabi - Umm Salal 2-0 was the result in these participants' previous H2H game, earlier this season. Head-to-head data (for the last ten meetings): Al Arabi won five games, three matches ended in a draw and Umm Salal got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Al Somah 13 goals |  Y. Msakni 11 goals |   J. Vilaça Teixeira 4 goals |
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| Al Arabi | Umm Salal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 33 | 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 83% | 88% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 72% |
| 50% | 38% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 39% |
| 22% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 28% |
| 17% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 6% |
| 44% | 25% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 56% |
| 44% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 22% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 33% |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.4 | 12.9 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11 | 9.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 42% | 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 23% | 21% |
| 8.5 | 8.2 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 10.2 | 10.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
- Al Arabi have scored more than double the goals of Umm Salal.
- Al Arabi have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Premier League
- Al Arabi have the most clean sheets (8) in Premier League
- Al Arabi have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Umm Salal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Umm Salal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Umm Salal have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals (13) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the most conceded goals (22) away in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the the worst goal difference (-14) away in Premier League
- 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 | 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 |
