Premier League: What this match might lack in glamour it should pay back in energy and attitude. Bring on Al Shamal - Umm Salal!
- Al Shamal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals (6) in Premier League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Al Shamal form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Al Shamal have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.
The Al Shamal regulars got no joy from their last fixture, a QSL Cup duel also played here at Thani Bin Jassim Stadium: A 2-3 defeat against Al Duhail.
Before that game, a strong away victory at Al Markhiya. A QSL Cup match.
The Al Shamal fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. 4 goals have been conceded.
Umm Salal form and stats
The Premier League season is young and Umm Salal have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Salal are travelling again after losing away to Al Duhail in their previous match (1-3). That defeat was their first after four consecutive league games winning points.
Preceding that, 1-1 at home vs Al Sailiya in the QSL Cup.
It's early days yet, but Umm Salal has scored 3 and conceded 9 goals from their travels in the league so far (3 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Al Shamal victory, three draws and six Umm Salal wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Bammou 3 goals |   J. Vilaça Teixeira 3 goals |  M. Sayed 2 goals |
Al Shamal missing players
Umm Salal missing players
| Al Shamal | Umm Salal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 62% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 38% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 6 | 6.2 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.4 | 8.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 10.3 | 10.5 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 18% |
| 8.4 | 8.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3 | 10.3 | 10 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 6 | 4.9 |
- Al Shamal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Umm Salal's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals (6) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Premier League
- 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | Al Ahli | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Qatar SC | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Al Gharafa | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 7 | Al Shamal | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Al Sadd | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Al Markhiya | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 11 | Al Rayyan | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 4 |
