A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Al Duhail fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Umm Salal's 11th place in the table will show on the pitch.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
The season is still full of potential for Al Duhail as they can still win the whole Premier League. Umm Salal are struggling to avoid relegation.
Al Duhail form and stats
Al Duhail are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Ahmed bin Ali Stadium. 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Ahmed bin Ali Stadium.
It's back home for Duhail, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Sailiya away with the result 2-1. Han Kwang-Song and Karim Boudiaf found the net in that victory. Ahead of that match, Al Duhail won a home game hosting Al Shahaniya (3-1).
Al Duhail have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ahmed bin Ali Stadium with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Duhail have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Umm Salal form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Umm Salal so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Salal played 2-2 against Al Shahaniya in their previous match. Prior to that result Umm Salal won their away game at Al Wakrah. The scoreline was 2-1.
The attacking power of Umm Salal when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Salal have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Umm Salal - Duhail 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Duhail wins - draws - Umm Salal wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Muntari 7 goals |  A. Abdulla 6 goals |   M. Al Mawas 5 goals |
Al Duhail missing players
Umm Salal missing players
| Al Duhail | Umm Salal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 33 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 33 |
| 94% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 76% |
| 59% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 53% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 12% | 35% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 65% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 53% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 41% |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.4 | 6.1 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 193 | 89 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 69 | 152 |
| 90 | 42 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 25 | 52 |
| 37% | 33% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 28% | 29% |
- Al Duhail has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Al Duhail has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4)
- Al Duhail has the most points from losing position (15)
- Al Duhail have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Duhail have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Duhail have scored more than double the goals of Umm Salal.
- Umm Salal has the fewest points from losing position (3)
- Umm Salal has the fewest scored goals (15)
- Umm Salal has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5)
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 42 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 18 | 32 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 23 |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -18 | 14 |
| 12 | Al Shahaniya | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -20 | 10 |