The visiting Al Gharafa side should be favourites in this visit to Umm Salal, as the away team holds a 15 point advantage from their 20 league games this season.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Umm Salal are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Gharafa are staying put at 4th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.
Umm Salal form and stats
With 2 Premier League wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Umm Salal, who have the most conceded goals (23) at home in Premier League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Salal has four draws from their last four matches. The home fans are hungry for more even though Salal have been steadily collecting points here through three straight draws.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Umm Salal, who played 1-1 against Al Ahli. That match was also played at this venue 1-1 away at Qatar SC before that.
Salal aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Umm Salal with 23 goals conceded in these matches.
Al Gharafa form and stats
Playing away, Al Gharafa have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.
There were no winners in Gharafa's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 2-2 vs Al Khor (placed 11th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Al Duhail.
Al Gharafa have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Al Gharafa have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Al Gharafa - Salal 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Salal three wins, three draws and Al Gharafa four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Hanni 11 goals |  A. Abdelmotaal 10 goals |
Umm Salal missing players
Al Gharafa missing players
| Umm Salal | Al Gharafa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 32 |
| 36 | 23 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 90% |
| 80% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 80% |
| 45% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 60% |
| 30% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 40% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 15% |
| 60% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 30% |
| 35% | 40% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 20% |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 6.2 | 6.6 | 8.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 167 | 88 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 84 | 186 |
| 59 | 29 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 31 | 78 |
| 31% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 70% | 42% | 40% |
- Umm Salal has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Umm Salal has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7)
- Umm Salal has the most conceded goals (23) at home
- Umm Salal has the the worst goal difference (-14) at home
- Umm Salal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Umm Salal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Umm Salal haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Duhail | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 20 | 46 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 22 | 45 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 21 | 41 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -10 | 20 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -18 | 17 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 16 |
| 12 | Al Shahaniya | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -18 | 15 |