It's still early in the Premier League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Umm Salal - Al Ahli preview!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Umm Salal form and stats
A Premier League draw at home so far for Umm Salal. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from 11 matches.
The Umm Salal fans got no joy from their last match, a QSL Cup game also here: A 0-2 defeat against Al Rayyan (placed 5th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Kharitiyath and winning 2-1.
Umm Salal has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Al Ahli form and stats
Only one away game in the Premier League so far for Al Ahli and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 7 losses from 11 travels.
The manager N. Jovović was unhappy after their last game, a QSL Cup match played at their home ground Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium (Al-Ahli Stadium). Ahli suffered a 0-3 loss to Al Gharafa (placed 4th). Prior to that match, the Ahli manager N. Jovović faced defeat when travelling to Al Rayyan and losing 0-2.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Ahli has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Salal victories, six draws and two Al Ahli wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. El Zhar 3 goals |  H. Pérez González 2 goals |   I. Mardanli 1 goals |
Umm Salal missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| Umm Salal | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 80% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 80% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 40% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | 16 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 14 | 49 |
| 20 | 10 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 42% |
- Al Ahli has the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Premier League
- Al Ahli has the most clean sheets (3) in Premier League
- Al Ahli has the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premier League
- Al Ahli have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Ahli have scored more than double the goals of Umm Salal.
- Al Ahli have won all their away games so far.
- Al Ahli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Umm Salal has the fewest scored goals (2) in Premier League
- Umm Salal has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Umm Salal have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Umm Salal have not yet lost a game at home.
- Umm Salal have yet to win a game at home.
| Umm Salal | Last season | Al Ahli | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Scored | S | 12 | 24 | ||
| 37 | 24 | Conceded | C | 18 | 36 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 73% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 73% | ||
| 41% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 59% | ||
| 27% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 9% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 5% | ||
| 55% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 55% | ||
| 9% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 18% | ||
| 41% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 27% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 183 | 96 | Total Shots | T S | 84 | 176 | ||
| 63 | 31 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 57 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 13 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | Al Duhail | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Al Wakrah | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Al Sailiya | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | Al Kharitiyath | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 6 |
| 9 | Al Arabi | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Qatar SC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 |