The Stars League clash at Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium on Friday will see home side Al-Ahli go into battle with Umm Salal.
View all Al-Ahli v Umm Salal tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - plus the latest match odds.
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Al-Ahli
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Al-Ahli will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 2-3 Stars League victory versus Al-Shahania.
The only player to score from Al-Ahli was Idrissa Doumbia (76', 90'). Pelle van Amersfoort (30', 50') scored for Al-Shahania.
It’s been seldom in recent games that Al-Ahli have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Al-Ahli have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 14 goals on the way. Historical results aside, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend shall be maintained in this upcoming game.
Umm Salal
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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Al-Wakrah in Stars League competition, Umm Salal and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
Farid Boulaya (19') was the scorer for Al-Wakrah.
The stats tell the story, and Umm Salal have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 11 goals overall. At the back, Umm Salal just haven’t been too solid at all.
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Head to head
A review of their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 12/01/2022 tells us that Al-Ahli have won 4 of them & Umm Salal 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 0.
A total of 18 goals were produced between them in these games, with 11 of them from Al Ameed and 7 created by Barzan Falcons. The average goals per game has been 3.
The last league fixture featuring these clubs was Stars League match day 10 on 23/11/2024 and the score finished Umm Salal 0-3 Al-Ahli.
In that game, Umm Salal managed 43% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Antonio Mance (10' Own goal).
At the other end, Al-Ahli had 5 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Erik Expósito (29') and Idrissa Doumbia (36') scored.
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Team News: Al-Ahli
It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just a single fitness concern for the Al-Ahli manager to be concerned about from a near full-strength squad. Yousef Marei (unknown injury) is sidelined.
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Prediction
We’re of the view that Umm Salal should have enough to breach the defence of this Al-Ahli lineup, but that probably shouldn’t be enough to avoid defeat.
We’re tipping a very close game with a 2-1 win for Al-Ahli at the end of this one. Should be a good one.
Peter Guest,
08:03 09/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Al-Ahli
Formed: 1950
Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium (12,000)
Captain: Ali Qaderi
Chairman: Abdullah Yousef Al-Mulla
Competitions: Stars League position 4