Premier League prediction: Al Duhail should edge out Umm Salal on their own turf

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Competition: Qatar Premier League
Competition: Wed 02.March
Match begins: 13:50 (UTC)

Al Duhail have performed good football so far this season, proven by 2nd place in the table. Umm Salal can look both ways from the 6th spot.

Insights:
  • Al Duhail have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premier League

Al Duhail is in the 2nd league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. For Salal most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

This should be an engaging match with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

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Al Duhail form and stats

Al Duhail are steadily winning Premier League games and points here. 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.

Al Duhail drew their last game, 1-1 away at Al Sadd (placed 1st).

In the preceding match a 5-0 victory visiting Qatar SC.

Al Duhail are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history nine earlier games are comparable to this one, and Al Duhail has won eight times, drawn zero and lost one. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Al Duhail has won by at least two goals six times when in this position.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Duhail, as the Emir Cup home game vs Al Sailiya is only four days away.

Al Duhail are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (23 goals in 9 games). On the other hand, Duhail have conceded 11 goals.

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Umm Salal form and stats

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's looking increasingly bleak for Umm Salal who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Al Shamal was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Umm Salal are looking to quickly end their 272 minutes long goal drought in the Premier League.

Umm Salal failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Al Wakrah (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-4.

A loss against Al Sailiya was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Salal are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found five matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were zero wins, zero draws and five defeats. Of the defeats, three games were lost by at least two goals margin.

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

These competitors have fought previously this season: Umm Salal - Al Duhail 2-1. Al Duhail-Umm Salal H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Duhail seven wins, Umm Salal one win, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Al DuhailM. Olunga Ogada
M. Olunga Ogada
23 goals
Umm SalalA. Hussein
A. Hussein
11 goals
Al DuhailA. Abdulla
A. Abdulla
7 goals

Al Duhail missing players

Umm Salal missing players

Al Duhail Umm Salal
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 2 Played P 3 10 20
13 6 2 Won W 1 4 6
4 2 0 Drew D 0 3 7
3 1 0 Lost L 2 3 7
53 23 4 Scored S 4 19 31
23 11 1 Conceded C 4 11 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 85%
75% 78% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 55%
55% 56% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 40%
40% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 30% 15%
60% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 65%
35% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 15%
5% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 30% 25%
 
6 5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.3 4.3
3.7 4.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 3.7 4.3
1.7 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.2 2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.6 11.8 17 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 7 7.3
5.8 5.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 3.3 3.2
46% 46% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 80% 58% 48%
 
8 9.2 9 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.5 8.8
3.4 4.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.2 4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Duhail have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Duhail have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Duhail have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premier League
  • Al Duhail haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Al Duhail's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

  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 20 18 2 0 77 23 9 8 1 0 30 10 11 10 1 0 47 13 54 56
2 Al Duhail 20 13 4 3 53 23 9 6 2 1 23 11 11 7 2 2 30 12 30 43
3 Al Wakrah 21 11 4 6 33 28 11 4 3 4 16 19 10 7 1 2 17 9 5 37
4 Al Gharafa 20 9 3 8 35 34 11 5 2 4 17 14 9 4 1 4 18 20 1 30
5 Al Arabi 20 9 3 8 29 29 10 3 1 6 13 19 10 6 2 2 16 10 0 30
6 Umm Salal 20 6 7 7 31 28 10 2 4 4 12 17 10 4 3 3 19 11 3 25
7 Al Ahli 21 5 9 7 24 39 11 4 2 5 14 24 10 1 7 2 10 15 -15 24
8 Qatar SC 21 6 5 10 21 30 10 2 4 4 9 17 11 4 1 6 12 13 -9 23
9 Al Shamal 21 6 4 11 30 44 11 4 0 7 19 24 10 2 4 4 11 20 -14 22
10 Al Rayyan 20 5 6 9 28 37 10 3 2 5 18 23 10 2 4 4 10 14 -9 21
11 Al Sailiya 21 2 7 12 14 34 10 0 6 4 5 11 11 2 1 8 9 23 -20 13
12 Al Khor 21 1 10 10 20 46 11 1 5 5 11 19 10 0 5 5 9 27 -26 13