National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Umm Salal or Al Duhail that keep their silverware dream alive.
This is a battle between neighbours, usually meaning more nervousness and significance.
This promises to be an appealing fixture with lots of action and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last played a game. Bring it on!
Umm Salal form and stats
Umm Salal participated in QSL Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Umm Salal's struggle is real here at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium with only 7 points collected from 8 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-3.
Umm Salal's previous fixture was a QSL Cup game also played at their own stadium, ending 2-1 versus Al Arabi. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
Ahead of that match, Salal lost 1-2 at home to Al Gharafa.Umm Salal have scored {5 league goals} here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Umm Salal have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Duhail form and stats
Al Duhail was sent out of QSL Cup in the group stage last season.Al Duhail have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 5-2-0 from 7 games.
The regulars enjoyed Duhail's previous match versus Al Sadd, a QSL Cup win (3-1) played at home.
Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Qatar SC with the score of 3-1.Al Duhail have another game that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Premier League match vs Al Sailiya. A strenuous fixture list for them!
The travelling fans enjoy Al Duhail's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 7 league matches away. Duhail are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Umm Salal-Al Duhail H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Umm Salal one win, Al Duhail seven wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Olunga Ogada 13 goals |  T. Nam 6 goals |   J. Vilaça Teixeira 4 goals |
Umm Salal missing players
Al Duhail missing players
| Umm Salal | Al Duhail | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 8 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 20 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Scored | S | 16 | 59 | ||
| 36 | 12 | Conceded | C | 6 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 13 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.5 | ||
| 28% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 43% | ||
| 9 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 Duhail | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 39 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 37 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 32 |
| 4 | Al Wakrah | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 27 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 6 | Qatar SC | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -4 | 26 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 14 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -14 | 13 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -20 | 9 |
