A tale of loss and gain for these sides this season, holding positions near the median of the Premier League table. Here's the Al Rayyan - Umm Salal latest:
- Al Rayyan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Umm Salal have the most dropped points from leading position (9) 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.
Both contenders have had sufficient rest since their previous game. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic game!
Al Rayyan form and stats
1-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Rayyan so far this season.
It's back home for Rayyan, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Shamal away with the result 2-1. Brahimi and Ali found the net in that victory.
Heartbreak before that as Al Rayyan lost 0-1 at Qatar SC's place.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Al Wakrah in only four days. This game is also played here.
The Rayyan manager Blanc has got the team scoring with 8 from 4 home games in the league. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Rayyan have allowed the opposition to score 10 goals here.
Umm Salal form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Umm Salal playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Salal love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
It's the second away game in a row for Salal, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Al Arabi (placed 3rd) in the Premier League last time out.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Al Duhail.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Salal manager Abdulmajid as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Al Khor.
Salal has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. Salal are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two sides face each other this season, as the statistics show this recent game: Umm Salal - Rayyan 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rayyan three wins, five draws and Umm Salal two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Boli 5 goals |  Y. Al Bakhet 5 goals | A. Hussein 5 goals |
Al Rayyan missing players
Umm Salal missing players
| Al Rayyan | Umm Salal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 20 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 82% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 82% |
| 64% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 36% | 75% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 36% |
| 18% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 9% |
| 64% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 73% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.1 | 10.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 5.2 | 7.5 |
| 3.9 | 5.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
| 35% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 52% |
| 8.3 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 8.4 | 9.5 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.6 | 4.1 |
- Al Rayyan have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Al Rayyan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Rayyan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Rayyan's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Umm Salal have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premier League
| 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 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 25 | 28 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 25 |
| 3 | Al Arabi | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Al Wakrah | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Qatar SC | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | Al Rayyan | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 9 | Al Shamal | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 9 |
| 10 | Al Ahli | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 9 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -17 | 7 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 5 |
