Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Shamal & Umm Salal face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QSL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Al Shamal form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Al Shamal have managed 2 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games. 1W-2D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the QSL Cup for Al Shamal.
The Al Shamal goalkeeper Marwan Sherif Badreldin is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 215 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
In their previous game, the manager H. Jadrane Chazouani led his Al Shamal to a defeat in the QSL Cup match away at Al Wakrah. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Al-Khwar Stadium.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a QSL Cup home game that ended 2-2 versus Al Ahli.A decent goal production from Shamal in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Al Shamal defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Umm Salal form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the group stage.1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Umm Salal in their Premier League matches away. When we have look at the QSL Cup statistics, we find 2W-1D-2L. This is both home and away.
Umm Salal might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Al Wakrah proved too strong as Salal slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium (Qatar SC Stadium).
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Al Ahli in the QSL Cup.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Rayyan in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Salal's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. 4 goals have been conceded by Salal in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have fought earlier this season: Umm Salal - Shamal 1-0. Al Shamal-Umm Salal H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Shamal zero wins, Umm Salal six wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Mohammad Seif 4 goals |  Y. Al Bakhet 4 goals | A. Hussein 4 goals |
Al Shamal missing players
Umm Salal missing players
| Al Shamal | Umm Salal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 10 | 24 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 16 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6.2 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8.3 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 6.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 38% | ||
| 9 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Umm Salal | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 3 | Al Rayyan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Al Ahli | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 5 | Al Shamal | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 25 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 22 |
| 3 | Al Arabi | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Al Wakrah | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Qatar SC | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | Al Rayyan | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 9 | Al Shamal | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 10 | Al Ahli | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 5 |
| 12 | Al Khor | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -15 | 4 |