Al Duhail and Umm Salal will open the matches of Week 3 of the 2024-2025 season Ooredoo Stars League at the Khalifa International Stadium on Thursday, August 22, 2024. The kick-off is at 6.30pm.

The match brings together two teams seeking to continue their victories and present strong performances after each of them achieved victory in the last round.

Therefore, each team seeks to improve their position in the standings, especially since Al Duhail achieved victory in the first two rounds and collected six points, and seek to continue to maintain the top spot.

As for Umm Salal, who lost in the first round and won in the second, they want to repeat their victory over Al Duhail as it happened last season and strengthen their position in the standings.

Al Duhail occupy first place with six points and seek to maintain their lead.

As for Umm Salal, they have three points and are in fifth place on goal difference, and both teams are coming off important victories: Al Duhail beat Al Rayyan 4-0, and Umm Salal beat Al Shamal 3-2 in the last round.

Al Duhail coach Christophe Galtier seeks to strengthen his team’s position in the standings after returning this season in a better way and he looks forward to returning to a top finish and making up for what the team lost last season.

He also realizes that Umm Salal are a strong team and he will be relying on outstanding players, including Almoez Ali, Sultan Al Brake, Edmilson Junior, Ismail Mohammed, Homam Al Ameen and other distinguished players.

As for Umm Salal coach Patrice Carteron, he is seeking to improve his team’s position in the standings and move forward and relies on the motivation of his players and their high morale after scoring their first victory in the league this season over Al Shamal.

Carteron is aware of the strengths of Al Duhail, so he will enter the match with extreme caution and will rely on counterattacks and the capabilities of his players, most notably Kenji Gorre, Adel Al Sulaimane, Marouane Louadni, Antonio Mance and Victor Lekhal.