Al Ahli face Umm Salal in Week 12 match of 2022-2023 season QNB Stars League at the Al Ahli Stadium on Sunday. The kick-off is at 18:45.

Al Ahli are fifth in the league table with 14 points, while Umm Salal are 10th with seven points.

Al Ahli and Al Markhiya had played out a 2-2 draw in the last round.

Al Ahli had also edged Umm Salal 1-0 in the opening round of the league at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium.

Led by their Montenegrin coach Nebojsa Jovovic, Al Ahli will face a challenging contest against Umm Salal, who are guided by coach Wesam Rizik. The teams’ battle will revolve around the coaches aiming to achieve the valuable three points and to gain a motivational push ahead of the start of the second division matches of the league this season.

Both teams have top foreign players and local professionals. While Al Ahli possess Yazan Al Naimat, Sofiane Hanni, Ali Qaderi, Abdulrashid Ibrahim, Al Dokali Al Sayed, Mohammed Hossein Kanaani, Shojae Khalilzadeh and others, Umm Salal have distinguished players in Jonathan Kodjia, Ismail Dahqani, Adel Al Sulaimane, Joao Teixeira and others.

The duel is expected to be exciting with both sides pushing for a win.