It's the very first match of the new season for Umm Salal and Al Sadd. The canvas is empty, the potential unlimited.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Umm Salal form and stats
The previous season, Umm Salal's league results were 3 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses, ending with 10th spot in the Premier League. From these 22 matches they scored {18 goals} and let in 34. Playing as the home side in the last season Umm Salal delivered 1-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with {7 goals} and 10 conceded.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Salal friendly games in pre-season: Umm Salal played two friendlies, won 0, drew 1 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Umm Salal scored {1 goals} and conceded 3 in these two games.
Al Sadd form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Sadd performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded {26 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 1 and lost 3 with 23/14 goals scored/conceded.
Just as the home team, Al Sadd have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Al Sadd win, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the former ten meetings involving these two squads are: one win for Salal, three draws and six wins for Al Sadd. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Umm Salal missing players
Al Sadd missing players
| Umm Salal | Al Sadd | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Umm Salal | Last season | Al Sadd | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 23 | 46 | ||
| 34 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 86% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 73% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 41% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 14% | ||
| 59% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 68% | ||
| 23% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 13.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.8 | ||
| 24% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | ||
| 10 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Shamal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Al Arabi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Al Ahli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Qatar SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Al Duhail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Al Gharafa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Al Sadd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Al Rayyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Mu'aidar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 Duhail | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 24 | 51 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 20 | 49 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | Al Wakrah | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 39 |
| 5 | Qatar SC | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -2 | 36 |
| 6 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -6 | 32 |
| 7 | Al Markhiya | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 23 | -13 | 24 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 24 | -16 | 18 |
| 11 | Al Shamal | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -19 | 18 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -17 | 16 |