The visiting Al Rayyan side should be favourites in this visit to Umm Salal, as the away team holds a 19 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League
- Al Rayyan have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premier League
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!
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.
Relegation threatens Salal who should definitely be looking for some points here. Al Rayyan are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Umm Salal form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Umm Salal, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League, have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Umm Salal with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Al Arabi game, 73 days ago, have they avoided a loss. The Salal manager A. Ben Askar might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Salal are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 616 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Kayke).
Salal lost their last game at Al Kharitiyath (placed 12th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Al Sadd with the scoreline 0-3.
Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Kayke for missing a penalty kick versus Al Kharitiyath in the 35th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Salal, as the Premier League home game vs Al Sailiya is only three days away.
Salal have scored 1 goal here in 8 league matches, a depressing statistic. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Salal have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Al Rayyan form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Al Gharafa with the score of 3-0.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Al Sadd.
Al Rayyan find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Rayyan as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Al Rayyan - Umm Salal 1-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - seven - three (Salal wins - draws - Al Rayyan wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Boli 10 goals |  Y. Brahimi 6 goals |  A. Abdullah 5 goals |
Umm Salal missing players
Al Rayyan missing players
| Umm Salal | Al Rayyan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| 24 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 84% | 62% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 53% | 25% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 79% |
| 26% | 12% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 37% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 26% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 32% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 32% |
| 58% | 88% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 3.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.2 | 4.5 | 2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 10.6 | 9 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 0.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 18% | 6% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 29% | 32% |
- Al Rayyan have scored more than double the goals of Umm Salal.
- Al Rayyan have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premier League
- Al Rayyan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Umm Salal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Umm Salal have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the fewest points (6) at home in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Premier League
- Umm Salal have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Premier League
- Umm Salal is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 57 | 51 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 40 |
| 3 | Al Rayyan | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | Qatar SC | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 31 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -7 | 29 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 26 |
| 8 | Al Sailiya | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -12 | 23 |
| 9 | Al Wakrah | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 22 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -16 | 15 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 29 | -25 | 14 |
| 12 | Al Kharitiyath | 19 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 25 | -30 | 9 |