Qatar SC have harvested 10 of their 13 in total here at their home arena. What will happen against Umm Salal?
- Qatar SC have the most clean sheets (3) at home in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals (6) in Premier League
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Both squads have had enough days rest since their previous game. Let's agree to expect an animated match!
Qatar SC form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Qatar SC at their home stadium (Thani Bin Jassim Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. It’s been three wins in a row for Qatar SC here at Thani Bin Jassim Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Qatar goalkeeper Sataa Abdul Naser Al Abbasi is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 204 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
Qatar SC's previous game was also played at home, ending 5-0 versus Al Gharafa (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. As mentioned above, Qatar SC "killed" Al Gharafa in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Ngita was absolutely essential when Qatar beat Al Gharafa 5-0, scoring three goals.
Before that game, a home victory hosting Al Sadd in the QSL Cup. This is expected to be a close game, with Qatar SC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Qatar SC as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Qatar SC has won 8 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
One betting fact: This team have played 5 league rounds in a row with only one (or none) club scoring.
The Qatar SC fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. From these home matches, Qatar have conceded only 4 goals.
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.
Two away games in a row for Umm Salal, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Al Duhail. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league games winning points.
One match before, 1-1 at home hosting Al Sailiya in the QSL Cup. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Umm Salal playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 1 Umm Salal win, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
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
Last ten meetings between these contenders: Qatar won three, Umm Salal triumphed in three and we saw four draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Malango Ngita 3 goals |   J. Vilaça Teixeira 3 goals |  A. Soria Quintana 2 goals |
Qatar SC missing players
Umm Salal missing players
| Qatar SC | Umm Salal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 75% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 62% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 38% |
| 12% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 38% |
| 12% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 20% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 38% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 38% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 6 | 6.2 |
| 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.1 | 10.4 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 10.3 | 10.5 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 28% | 35% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 18% |
| 10.9 | 9.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3 | 10.3 | 10 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 6 | 4.9 |
- All of Umm Salal's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Qatar SC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Umm Salal have scored away.
- Qatar SC have the most clean sheets (3) at home in Premier League
- Qatar SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 |
