National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Umm Salal or Al Ahli that keep their silverware dream alive.
Umm Salal and Al Ahli should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
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.
Umm Salal form and stats
Umm Salal participated in QSL Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.0 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Umm Salal have to build on here at Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Stadium in the Premier League. This match is a QSL Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
It's back home for Salal, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Rayyan away with the result 2-1. Ali Ahmed Al Yazidi and Saoud Farhan Al-Anazi found the net in that victory.
In the preceding match a 4-1 victory visiting Al Wakrah.Salal has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Salal defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Al Ahli form and stats
They also participated in QSL Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Playing away, Al Ahli have won 0 games, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premier League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the QSL Cup stats, they have 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Ahli, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Al Kharitiyath game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Ahli's previous game was their home loss versus Al Wakrah (0-2).
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Al Shamal in the Premier League.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ahli as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Ahli have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Umm Salal-Al Ahli H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Salal one win, Al Ahli four wins, five draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Y. Al Bakhet 4 goals | A. Hussein 4 goals |  P. Eze 3 goals |
Umm Salal missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| Umm Salal | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Scored | S | 15 | 23 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Conceded | C | 27 | 41 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 81% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 44% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | ||
| 40% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 27% | ||
| 10.4 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Umm Salal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Shamal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 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 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 |