Premier League: We're expecting an appealing and very important duel involving Al Rayyan and Umm Salal at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. This duo need points like a fish needs water!
- Al Rayyan have the fewest points (3) at home in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals (10) in Premier League
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Al Rayyan and Umm Salal should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Rayyan form and stats
Al Rayyan's results here at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 0 draws and 5 defeats. When Al Rayyan hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Al Shamal, Al Sailiya and Al Rayyan), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Al Rayyan are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
The Al Rayyan coach Cristóbal and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Al Duhail in the AFC Champions League. Boli, a striker, was the highest rated performer for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 7.84 (out of 10). Boli served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Al Ahli with a 4-0 scoreline.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 Rayyan have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 4.
Goal fest? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league matches with this side has contained three or more goals.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Al Rayyan here at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 10 goals have been conceded. Al Rayyan has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Umm Salal form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Umm Salal so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Al Markhiya with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Al Wakrah.Umm Salal are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Khor in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Salal as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Umm Salal concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the participants met previously this season; Umm Salal - Rayyan 0-0. Data for the former ten meetings featuring these two participants are: four wins for Al Rayyan, three draws and three wins for Umm Salal. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Boli 8 goals |   J. Kodjia 4 goals |  J. Vilaça Teixeira 3 goals |
Al Rayyan missing players
Umm Salal missing players
| Al Rayyan | Umm Salal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 18 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 19 | 24 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 77% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 69% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 71% | 43% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 71% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 57% |
| 23% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 4.3 | 5.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7.7 | 7.5 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.6 | 9.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 33% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 22% |
| 10.8 | 10.8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 9.6 | 9.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
- Al Rayyan have the fewest points (3) at home in Premier League
- Al Rayyan haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- All of Umm Salal's away-matches have had more than 1,5 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 matches over the total-line (6) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the fewest points (2) away in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals (10) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the most conceded goals (19) away in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the the worst goal difference (-14) 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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Qatar SC | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 22 |
| 6 | Al Wakrah | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 11 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -11 | 9 |
| 12 | Umm Salal | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -14 | 9 |
