Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Umm Salal & Al Rayyan face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QSL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Salal and Al Rayyan.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Umm Salal form and stats
Salal was eliminated in the group stage last season in the QSL Cup.0-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Umm Salal so far this season. On the other hand, in the QSL Cup, Umm Salal has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.
Salal lost their last game at Al Shamal after a 2-3 scoreline.
Before that game, the home loss against Al Wakrah with the scoreline 1-3.Umm 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 Rayyan form and stats
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the final.Playing away, Al Rayyan have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season. When we have look at the QSL Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-3L. This is both home and away. Rayyan seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Rayyan are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the QSL Cup against Al Wakrah.
Preceding that game was the away QSL Cup victory against Al Ahli with the score of 2-0.Rayyan find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Al Rayyan have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest recorded result between these teams is the Al Rayyan - Umm Salal 1-2 played not long ago this season. Umm Salal-Al Rayyan H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Umm Salal two wins, Al Rayyan two wins, six draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Y. Boli 5 goals |  Y. Al Bakhet 4 goals | A. Hussein 4 goals |
Umm Salal missing players
Al Rayyan missing players
| Umm Salal | Al Rayyan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Scored | S | 21 | 35 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Conceded | C | 23 | 44 | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 20% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 6 | 6.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6.9 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 8.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 40% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| 10.3 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Al Shamal | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 4 | Umm Salal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 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 |