Kick Off- 17:30 Friday the 23rd of October- Al Arabi stadium

Al Sailiya Head Coach Sami Trabelsi
Umm Salal is one of the good teams in Qatar. Especially since they brought in coach Bulent. We remember how they were before this coach took over. Since last season, they have kept the same strategy and the same mentality. A team that knows how to take points from any game even if they are not good in performance. They have good players in offence. We respect this team. We will try to confirm our last win. This game will be difficult for both but the team that knows how to push for the win will get the three points.
 
We have no absences for this match us.
 
It's important for us to get points than giving a good performance. Our team will be better in the next game. We have now with us good players. We have 2-3 players coming from Rayyan and Jaish. They will give us more quality in defence and attack. I think we need more confidence and we will be better in the next game. We didn't start the season well. We conceded a lot of goals. But after we worked with the defence, the team is doing better. Players like Edinho and Abdelkader Ilyas have the quality to score goals. We need this quality in the next game.
 
Of course the last victory give positive spirit and motivation to the team. But the victory will not hide our mistakes in attack and defence. But the win gives the possibility to work more with the players. They are more willing to accept more advice because of their positive mind frame. And as I said we want to keep working in order to gain more positions in the table.
 
For me I think we are at the same level as Umm Salal. Now we have received a few players. I hope they will give additional value to the team. It's a game where you have to know how to eke out the victory. They have a good balance between offence and defence. They know how to play to win and they make less mistakes than us.
 

 
Umm Salal Head Coach Bulent Uygun
We are coming from a win against Mesaiemer and that gives us additional confidence. This game against Sailiya is important for both teams. We have some injured players but our target is to win and take three points. We are playing an opponent with a good group of players. I know that their coach is a very good one. We will do our maximum to give our best performance to win. Inshallah, we can take three points and improve in the table.
 
We have 4-5 injured players including Jeremy and Nasser Khalfan, A couple of them are now coming back for the team. But the rest of the players are ready to give their maximum in order to get the team to reach their ambition of taking three points from this game.