Al Gharafa cannot look for any favours from hosts Umm Salal in this Premier League fixture. Here's your thorough match preview!
- Umm Salal have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier League
- Al Gharafa have the most clean sheets (8) in Premier League
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 and Al Gharafa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Umm Salal form and stats
1-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Umm Salal so far this season.
Umm Salal are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Al Ahli.
1-1 away at Al Khor before that.Umm Salal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Umm Salal have conceded 9 from these games.
Al Gharafa form and stats
The visitors are W3-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Gharafa has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Al Gharafa failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Al Duhail (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 2-4. A stark raving crazy match with plenty of goals last time out for Gharafa, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that match, will this fixture be as enjoying?
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Al Ahli.Al Gharafa have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 11 goals from 5 away matches. For Al Gharafa, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Umm Salal and Al Gharafa have met earlier this season: Al Gharafa - Salal 1-0. Statistics for the former ten meetings between these two participants are: two wins for Umm Salal, one draw and seven wins for Al Gharafa. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Hussein 8 goals |   C. Diabaté 6 goals | Y. Al Bakhet 5 goals |
Umm Salal missing players
Al Gharafa missing players
| Umm Salal | Al Gharafa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 21 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 64% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 43% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 36% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 29% |
| 79% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 4.3 | 5.7 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 2.8 | 4.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.8 | 9.3 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11 | 12.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
| 46% | 35% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 39% | 36% |
| 9.5 | 10.3 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 8.6 | 10.3 |
| 4.1 | 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
- Al Gharafa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Gharafa have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Gharafa have the most clean sheets (8) in Premier League
- Al Gharafa haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- All of Umm Salal's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Umm Salal have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Umm Salal have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Umm Salal have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier League
- Umm Salal haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Duhail | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 22 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Sadd | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 27 | 31 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Al Arabi | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 |
| 5 | Al Wakrah | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 16 |
| 8 | Al Rayyan | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 9 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -20 | 5 |
