Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Wakrah & Umm Salal face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QSL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a battle between neighbours, usually meaning increased motivation and importance.
Al Wakrah form and stats
Wakrah participated in QSL Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.Al Wakrah have collected 18 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-3-3.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Saoud Mubarak Al Khater not having conceded a league goal in 335 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Wakrah, who won 2-0 against Al Kharitiyath.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Al Khor that ended 0-0.Al Wakrah are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 11 games. On the other hand, Wakrah have conceded 12 goals.
Umm Salal form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Umm Salal have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-3-6 (11 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Umm Salal are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Umm Salal might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Al Gharafa proved too strong as Umm Salal slumped to a 1-5 defeat in front of their own fans at Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium (Qatar SC Stadium). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Al Gharafa was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Al Sailiya in the Premier League.The attacking power of Salal when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Salal's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wakrah one win, four draws and Umm Salal five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Al Wakrah missing players
Umm Salal missing players
| Al Wakrah | Umm Salal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 10 | 16 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 18 | 37 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 48% | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.9 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 34% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 63 | 60 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 53 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 47 |
| 3 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -10 | 33 |
| 6 | Qatar SC | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Al Wakrah | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 26 |
| 9 | Al Sailiya | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 26 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 21 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 30 | -25 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Kharitiyath | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 26 | -32 | 12 |