Al Gharafa are pursuing the top league places while Umm Salal are more worried about avoiding relegation. Who will get the points?
- Al Gharafa have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the the worst goal difference (-4) away in Premier League
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gharafa and Umm Salal.
Al Gharafa form and stats
Al Gharafa must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Premier League games here at Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium. Al Gharafa have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Gharafa, who played 2-2 against Umm Salal. That match was also played at this venue (Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium). The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Brahimi, having bagged a goal in four games in a row.
3-3 away at Al Ahli before that.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Al Gharafa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Both teams on the scoresheet! That has happened in 6 league rounds in a row for this side. Could it happen again?
A decent goal production from Al Gharafa in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Al Gharafa have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Umm Salal form and stats
The Premier League season is young and Umm Salal have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Salal are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Al Gharafa (placed 4th).
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Al Rayyan.We have checked recent matches where Umm Salal have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Umm Salal have the goal stats of 2-6 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The last head to head game ended Al Gharafa - Umm Salal 2-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gharafa six wins, two draws and Umm Salal two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Brahimi 4 goals |  I. Belfodil 2 goals |   J. Vilaça Teixeira 2 goals |
Al Gharafa missing players
Umm Salal missing players
| Al Gharafa | Umm Salal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2.7 | 1 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3 | 5.5 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.3 | 5.3 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 13.5 | 11.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 44% | 45% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 16% |
| 13.3 | 14.7 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 7 | 8.7 |
| 6.5 | 6.7 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.5 | 4 |
- Al Gharafa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Al Gharafa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Al Gharafa have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Gharafa have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Gharafa have scored more than double the goals of Umm Salal.
- Al Gharafa have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premier League
- Al Gharafa have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Gharafa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Gharafa's 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 the the worst goal difference (-4) away in Premier League
- Umm Salal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Umm Salal have yet to win a 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 Arabi | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Al Wakrah | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 11 |
| 3 | Al Duhail | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Al Shamal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Al Sadd | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | Umm Salal | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Al Markhiya | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 3 |
| 12 | Al Rayyan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
