📏 Form Guide
Umm Salal LLWLLL 📉
Umm Salal will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 0-5 Stars League loss in their previous game against Al-Shamal.
The only player to score from Umm Salal was Issoufou Dayo (18' Own goal). Collado (11', 54') and Baghdad Bounedjah (38') scored for Al-Shamal.
Three or more goals per game were recorded in 6 of the last 6 fixtures where Umm Salal have been involved. Opposition teams scored 18 of them in this period whereas Umm Salal managed a tally of 9.
Al-Sadd DDLLWL
Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Al-Ahli Saudi in AFC Champions League Elite competition, Al-Sadd and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
The only player to score from Al-Sadd was Claudinho (63'). Riyad Mahrez (34') and Matheus Gonçalves (68') scored for Al-Ahli Saudi.
Throughout their six previous matches, Félix Sánchez Bas's Al-Sadd have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 8 times, earning them the goals scored per game average of 1.33.
↔️ Head to head
An examination of their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 09/08/2022 shows that Umm Salal have won 1 of them and Al-Sadd 4, with the number of draws being 1.
A total of 19 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 5 from Barzan Falcons and 14 coming from The Wolves . This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.
The previous league encounter between these clubs was Stars League match day 15 on 07/02/2025 which ended up with the score at Umm Salal 0-1 Al-Sadd.
That time, Umm Salal managed 31% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.
Al-Sadd got 19 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Akram Afif (6') was the scorer.
📋 Team News: Umm Salal
The Umm Salal manager Patrice Carteron doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all before this match owing to a fully injury-free squad available to select from.
📰 Team News: Al-Sadd
Thanks to a completely healthy group to pick from, the Al-Sadd manager Félix Sánchez Bas has zero fitness worries to speak of coming into this game.
✨ Prediction
We feel that in this game, Al-Sadd should be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.
At the same time, Umm Salal may well find it hard to get goals of their own but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be converting at least once here.
Our selection here is for a comfortable 1-3 win for Al-Sadd when the full-time whistle blows.