It's looking great for Al Wakrah at this point, with their 4th place in the Premier League table and welcoming Umm Salal (who are placed 8th).
- Al Wakrah have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premier League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Wakrah form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Al Wakrah at their home stadium is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Saoud Mubarak Al Khater not having conceded a league goal in 241 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Wakrah, who won 1-0 against Al Gharafa (placed 5th). Manager B. Márquez López felt very clever after Muneer Abdulghani Mazeed scored the winning goal against Al Gharafa, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 61st minute.
0-0 away at Qatar SC before that.Wakrah are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. Wakrah have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
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. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far. Salal has drawn their two previous away games.
Salal has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Al Sailiya for a Premier League game that ended a draw (0-0).
A 1-3 loss hosting Al Sadd before that.The attacking power of Umm Salal when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Salal have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these participants: Wakrah won two, Umm Salal triumphed in four and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  M. Benyettou 3 goals |  J. Dala 3 goals |  Y. Al Bakhet 2 goals |
Al Wakrah missing players
Umm Salal missing players
| Al Wakrah | Umm Salal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 88% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 75% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 75% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 25% |
| 4.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| 5.2 | 6.5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 4.2 |
| 1.6 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 10.2 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 8.1 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.7 | 2.8 |
| 31% | 36% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 36% |
| 8 | 8.2 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6.7 | 9.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 4.4 |
- Al Wakrah have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Al Wakrah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Wakrah have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Umm Salal have scored away.
- Al Wakrah have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Premier League
- Al Wakrah have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
- Al Wakrah have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Umm Salal have yet to win a 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 Sadd | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 24 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | Al Arabi | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Al Wakrah | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Al Rayyan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 7 | Al Shamal | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 8 | Umm Salal | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Al Ahli | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 5 |
| 12 | Al Khor | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -13 | 4 |