Match week two of the Premier League campaign and the participants have done their adjustments after the first match. Here's our Umm Salal - Al Sadd pre-match guide:
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
It's no vacation for neither Salal nor Al Sadd as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Umm Salal form and stats
The Premier League stats playing at home this season for Umm Salal are 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Umm Salal are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 187 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Bakhit).
The Umm Salal followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Al Sadd and win 1-0. Khafifi was on the receiving end of a red card in the Salal-Al Sadd match, being sent off in the 17th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 1-0 victory.
Preceding that match was the home game against Al Ahli that was lost 0-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Umm Salal have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Umm Salal has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Sadd form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Sadd performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. In total they scored 80 and conceded 24 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 1 and lost 0 with 47/13 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the Premier League ended in defeat. Last season Al Sadd had these away match statistics: Played 11; won 10, drew 1 and lost 0. Al Sadd has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Al Sadd play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Umm Salal (placed 10th).
Preceding that game, the 3-4 loss visiting Al Markhiya's place.Al Sadd have the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Al Sadd have been victorious in all of the 4 latest battles against this opponent. Will the streak continue?Afif likes to face Salal and have scored 7 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Barbosa Tabata 1 goals |  S. Cazorla González 1 goals |  B. Bounedjah 1 goals |
Umm Salal missing players
Al Sadd missing players
| Umm Salal | Al Sadd | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Umm Salal | Last season | Al Sadd | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 1 | 0 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Won | W | 10 | 20 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 47 | 80 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 13 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 91% | 73% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 91% | 64% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 64% | 50% | ||
| 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 64% | ||
| 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.8 | 16 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.8 | 7.9 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 46% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 8.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 Wakrah | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Markhiya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Shamal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Al Sadd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Al Sailiya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Al Duhail | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Qatar SC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 13 | 56 | 62 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 35 | 47 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 37 |
| 4 | Al Arabi | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 36 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 26 | -1 | 30 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | -4 | 25 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 15 | -15 | 25 |
| 8 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 24 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -10 | 23 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | -15 | 22 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -19 | 16 |
| 12 | Al Khor | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 27 | -25 | 16 |
