Balanced ball game between Umm Salal and Al Wakrah expected

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Competition: Qatar Premier League
Competition: Thu 24.February
Match begins: 13:50 (UTC)

Al Wakrah journey to Umm Salal full of happy thoughts, but the hosting team is no pushover. More news on the game here!

Insights:
  • Umm Salal have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premier League
  • Al Wakrah have the fewest conceded goals (6) away 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.

Al Wakrah could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago.

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Umm Salal form and stats

The total Premier League stats playing at home this season for Umm Salal, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premier League, are 2-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Umm Salal to get some points in this home game.

Salal are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 182 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Isael).

The Umm Salal crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Al Sailiya here.

Umm Salal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. On the other hand, Umm Salal have conceded 13 goals.

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Al Wakrah form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Premier League. Wakrah has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Al Wakrah had fun at their own home last time out, beating Al Gharafa 3-2. Benyettou and Dala (2) scored.

The travelling fans enjoy Al Wakrah's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Wakrah are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date recorded meeting between these contenders is the Al Wakrah - Umm Salal 1-4 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Umm Salal four wins, three draws and Al Wakrah three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SalalA. Hussein
A. Hussein
11 goals
Al WakrahJ. Dala
J. Dala
11 goals
Al WakrahM. Benyettou
M. Benyettou
9 goals

Umm Salal missing players

Al Wakrah missing players

Umm Salal Al Wakrah
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 3 8 19
6 2 1 Won W 2 6 10
7 4 0 Drew D 1 1 4
6 3 1 Lost L 0 1 5
31 12 3 Scored S 4 13 29
24 13 4 Conceded C 1 6 25
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 89%
84% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 62% 68%
53% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 58%
37% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 37%
16% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 26%
68% 89% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 53%
16% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 26%
21% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 32%
 
4.5 4.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 9 6.9 5.3
4.4 5.1 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1.7 3.8 4.6
2.2 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
7.3 7.7 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 10.2 9.8
3.2 3.1 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4 3.7
51% 43% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 41% 41%
 
8.7 8.9 14 Shots against (avg) S A 7 7.5 9.5
3.9 4.7 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.1 3.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Wakrah have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Wakrah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Al Wakrah have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Premier League
  • Al Wakrah have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Umm Salal have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Umm Salal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Umm Salal have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home 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 Sadd 18 17 1 0 72 20 8 8 0 0 29 9 10 9 1 0 43 11 52 52
2 Al Duhail 19 13 3 3 52 22 9 6 2 1 23 11 10 7 1 2 29 11 30 42
3 Al Wakrah 19 10 4 5 29 25 11 4 3 4 16 19 8 6 1 1 13 6 4 34
4 Al Arabi 19 9 2 8 28 28 9 3 0 6 12 18 10 6 2 2 16 10 0 29
5 Al Gharafa 19 8 3 8 32 32 10 4 2 4 14 12 9 4 1 4 18 20 0 27
6 Umm Salal 19 6 7 6 31 24 9 2 4 3 12 13 10 4 3 3 19 11 7 25
7 Al Ahli 19 5 8 6 22 34 11 4 2 5 14 24 8 1 6 1 8 10 -12 23
8 Qatar SC 19 6 4 9 19 27 10 2 4 4 9 17 9 4 0 5 10 10 -8 22
9 Al Rayyan 18 4 6 8 24 33 9 2 2 5 16 22 9 2 4 3 8 11 -9 18
10 Al Shamal 19 4 4 11 24 44 9 2 0 7 13 24 10 2 4 4 11 20 -20 16
11 Al Khor 19 1 9 9 17 41 10 1 5 4 9 15 9 0 4 5 8 26 -24 12
12 Al Sailiya 19 2 5 12 11 31 8 0 4 4 2 8 11 2 1 8 9 23 -20 11