Umm Salal are trusting their home fans to assist them in this match versus Al Markhiya. Who is the winner at Thani Bin Jassim Stadium?
- Umm Salal have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Premier League
- Al Markhiya have won significantly more corners away than at home.
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 form and stats
1 victory, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Umm Salal have to build on here at Thani Bin Jassim Stadium in the Premier League.
The home followers saw a 1-1 draw vs Al Sailiya in the QSL Cup last time out and are looking for a victory here.
Before that one, a strong away victory at Al Wakrah. A QSL Cup match.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Salal here at Thani Bin Jassim Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). From these home matches, Umm Salal have conceded only 3 goals.
Al Markhiya form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Two away games in a row for Al Markhiya, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 vs Al Gharafa in the QSL Cup.
The fixture before was the QSL Cup-duel against Al Shamal, a home loss (2-3).
The attacking power of Markhiya when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. As opposed to that, Al Markhiya have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Salal victories, two draws and zero Al Markhiya wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Hussein 4 goals |   J. Vilaça Teixeira 3 goals |  J. Kodjia 2 goals |
Umm Salal missing players
Al Markhiya missing players
| Umm Salal | Al Markhiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 86% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 57% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 71% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 43% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 57% |
| 29% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 43% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 5.4 | 6.4 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 5.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.4 | 10.6 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 10 | 10 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
| 16% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 31% | 33% |
| 9 | 9.8 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.2 | 10.3 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
- Al Markhiya have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Umm Salal have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Premier League
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Al Wakrah | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | Al Duhail | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Al Shamal | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Qatar SC | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Al Sadd | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Rayyan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
