Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Umm Salal & Al Wakrah face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the QSL Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
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
Last season their QSL Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Umm Salal have collected 4 points from their Premier League home games so far after 0-4-1. 2W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the QSL Cup for Umm Salal.
The spoils were shared in Salal's previous game, also at home. Visiting Al Ahli travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
Before that match, a QSL Cup win away at Al Rayyan.Salal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Salal have conceded 8 from these games.
Al Wakrah form and stats
Al Wakrah was sent out of QSL Cup in the semi-finals last season.3-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Wakrah in their Premier League matches away. Total QSL Cup statistics for Al Wakrah: 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Two travels in a row for Wakrah, whose manager B. Márquez López could celebrate last time after the QSL Cup win against Al Ahli.
The game before that, in the Premier League, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Umm Salal.Wakrah find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. Al Wakrah's manager B. Márquez López has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Umm Salal and Al Wakrah have met earlier this season: Al Wakrah - Salal 5-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Umm Salal five wins, three draws and Al Wakrah two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Al Bakhet 4 goals | A. Hussein 4 goals |  M. Benyettou 3 goals |
Umm Salal missing players
Al Wakrah missing players
| Umm Salal | Al Wakrah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Scored | S | 11 | 30 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Conceded | C | 13 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 36% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6.8 | 6.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 38% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 32% | ||
| 10.8 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 8 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 Wakrah | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Umm Salal | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Al Shamal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 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 |