Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Umm Salal languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Al Arabi will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Umm Salal has the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League
- Al Arabi have scored more than double the goals of Umm Salal.
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!
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Umm Salal form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Umm Salal, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League, are 1-2-2 (wins-draw-losses).
The Salal goalkeeper Baba Malick N'Diaye is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 258 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Al Wakrah in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here. In the game before, an away victory match versus Al Khor with a 1-0 scoreline.
The lack of attacking qualities in Salal means that they have only scored 1 goal in 5 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Salal have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Arabi form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Al Arabi playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Arabi are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Al Gharafa (placed 3rd). Before that, Arabi secured a home win against Al Ahli with the score 1-0.
Arabi find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Al Arabi have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Umm Salal and Al Arabi have met before this season: Al Arabi - Salal 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Salal won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Al Arabi has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  M. Mohammadi 6 goals | M. Elneel 3 goals |
Umm Salal missing players
Al Arabi missing players
| Umm Salal | Al Arabi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 9 | 18 |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 21 |
| 86% | 60% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 20% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 86% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 36% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 36% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 21% |
| 43% | 80% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.2 | 6.2 | 1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.6 | 8.7 |
| 2.7 | 3.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 21% | 6% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 36% | 35% |
- Al Arabi have scored more than double the goals of Umm Salal.
- Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Umm Salal has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Premier League
- Umm Salal has the fewest points (5) at home in Premier League
- Umm Salal has the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Premier League
- Umm Salal has the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League
- Umm Salal has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Premier League
- Umm Salal has the most matches under the total-line (12) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 43 | 38 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 27 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Qatar SC | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | -5 | 22 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Sailiya | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 18 |
| 9 | Umm Salal | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 10 | Al Wakrah | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 14 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | -16 | 10 |
| 12 | Al Kharitiyath | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 23 | -26 | 6 |