Umm-Salal vs Al-Sadd Prediction: Al-Sadd to win

Al-Sadd will travel to Thani bin Jassim Stadium in Doha to lock horns with Umm-Salal in the third round of the Qatar Stars Cup. Al-Sadd will be confident of getting their third straight win for the first time this season. Meanwhile, Umm-Salal will hope to keep their unbeaten run intact in this match.

Umm-Salal will come into this match following a 1-3 win over Qatar SC in the last round of this competition. In that match, Barimil scored the first goal for Umm-Salal in the second minute into the first half. However, Soria got Qatar SC back into the game in the 25th minute before Rashidov put Umm-Salal at the top again. Martinez's red card was nothing but a nemesis for Qatar SC which Umm-Salal built on and sealed the match at the 47th minute. In the last five games of Umm-Salal, they have gone unbeaten, winning two from their previous two matches and drawing three prior matches.

Al-Sadd will hope they can win three straight matches for the first time since the end of the 2021/2022 Qatar Stars League season. Al-Sadd is having one of its worst seasons since the beginning of this new campaign. Al-Sadd finished the 2021 campaign unbeaten but has found it difficult to score goals and defend well this season. However, their last two matches could mean they return to business, scoring four goals for the first time against Al Sailiya and netting three against Al Wakra's previous game. We expect them to continue with this performance in this match.

Their last meeting ended in a draw. Al-Sadd has not failed to score a goal in their last five meetings. Al-Sadd and Umm-Salal won their last two matches, we expect a tough match. However, we will back Al-Sadd to win this match after much thought and analysis.