National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Wakrah or Umm Salal that keep their silverware dream alive.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
This looks to be an absorbing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both teams are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
Al Wakrah form and stats
Al Wakrah was eliminated in the final last season in the QSL Cup.Al Wakrah have collected seven points from their first three Premier League games here at Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium, a promising start.
Al Wakrah's previous match was a QSL Cup game also played at their home, ending 1-0 vs Al Sailiya. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Al Sadd in the QSL Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Wakrah handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Defensively Al Wakrah have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Umm Salal form and stats
They also participated in QSL Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Still no away game victory in the Premier League for Umm Salal with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
The followers enjoyed Salal's previous fixture versus Al Sadd, a QSL Cup win (3-2) played at home.
Previously, the QSL Cup victory away at Qatar SC. We have checked recent matches where Umm Salal have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Umm Salal have the goal stats of 2-6 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Wakrah five wins, two draws and Umm Salal three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Dala 8 goals |   J. Vilaça Teixeira 3 goals |  O. Ebrahimi 2 goals |
Al Wakrah missing players
Umm Salal missing players
| Al Wakrah | Umm Salal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 55 | 29 | Scored | S | 21 | 35 | ||
| 45 | 24 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 45% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | ||
| 9.1 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Umm Salal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Al Sadd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Qatar SC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 5 | Al Wakrah | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
| 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 Arabi | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Al Wakrah | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | Al Duhail | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Al Shamal | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Qatar SC | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Al Sadd | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Rayyan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
