Bahla opposes Al-Nahda fray

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Tue 12.April
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Nizwa Sports Complex (12000 seats)

This campaign has been grim for Bahla so far, while Al-Nahda have enjoyed success. Will the away side get another notch in their belt at Nizwa Sports Complex?

Insights:
  • Bahla is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Al-Nahda have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Professional League

This could be an entertaining fixture with lots of action and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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Bahla form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Professional League this season. Bahla have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Nizwa Sports Complex. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 15 attempts.

An away draw last time out for Bahla, facing Saham in a game that ended 0-0.

Before that game, the home loss against Al-Musannah with the scoreline 1-2.

On the other hand, Bahla have conceded 11 goals. When Bahla hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Muscat, Nizwa, Al-Ittihad and Saham), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Al-Nahda form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Professional League. Things are running smoothly for Al-Nahda who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Dhofar.

Al-Nahda won their last game, 3-1 versus Al-Ittihad played at home. Which player has bagged at least one goal eight matches in a row for the away team? The answer is Bumbar and that is impressive!

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sohar at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al-Nahda as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Al-Nahda are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Al-Nahda - Bahla 0-0 logged in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Bahla wins - draws - Al-Nahda wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Bahla missing players

Al-Nahda missing players

Bahla Al-Nahda
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 3 8 18
2 1 0 Won W 2 4 11
7 3 0 Drew D 1 3 5
9 4 2 Lost L 0 1 2
15 8 4 Scored S 2 7 27
23 11 6 Conceded C 0 4 10
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 89%
61% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 56%
33% 25% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 28%
11% 12% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 28%
6% 12% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
56% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 33%
22% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 62% 56%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 22%
 
2.7 0.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.7 4.3
3.7 2.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.7 4
1.5 0.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1 0.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.2 0.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7 5.8
1.6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.8 3.2
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 47%
 
6.9 2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 2 6.2 5.2
2.7 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 1.7
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Al-Nahda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al-Nahda have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Professional League
  • Al-Nahda have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Professional League
  • Al-Nahda have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Professional League
  • Al-Nahda is in the best form (6-0-0) in Professional League
  • Bahla have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Bahla have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Professional League
  • Bahla have the fewest points (6) at home in Professional League
  • Bahla have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Bahla haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Bahla is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Seeb 18 11 5 2 33 12 9 7 1 1 22 4 9 4 4 1 11 8 21 38
2 Dhofar 18 11 5 2 31 12 9 6 3 0 23 7 9 5 2 2 8 5 19 38
3 Al-Nahda 18 11 5 2 27 10 10 7 2 1 20 6 8 4 3 1 7 4 17 38
4 Al-Musannah 18 9 3 6 24 19 10 4 3 3 14 11 8 5 0 3 10 8 5 30
5 Al Nasr 18 8 6 4 18 14 9 4 4 1 10 6 9 4 2 3 8 8 4 30
6 Al-Rustaq 18 8 5 5 21 15 9 4 2 3 10 6 9 4 3 2 11 9 6 29
7 Oman Club 18 6 6 6 24 21 8 3 2 3 11 5 10 3 4 3 13 16 3 24
8 Sohar 18 6 5 7 19 25 9 4 2 3 11 8 9 2 3 4 8 17 -6 23
9 Al Suwaiq 18 5 6 7 18 19 8 2 4 2 8 7 10 3 2 5 10 12 -1 21
10 Muscat 18 5 4 9 17 24 9 3 0 6 11 14 9 2 4 3 6 10 -7 19
11 Nizwa 18 3 5 10 8 26 9 2 2 5 5 10 9 1 3 5 3 16 -18 14
12 Bahla 18 2 7 9 15 23 8 1 3 4 8 11 10 1 4 5 7 12 -8 13
13 Al-Ittihad 18 2 7 9 9 28 9 1 4 4 4 10 9 1 3 5 5 18 -19 13
14 Saham 18 0 9 9 9 25 10 0 7 3 4 7 8 0 2 6 5 18 -16 9

Read more about Professional League

The Oman Professional League is the top division of Omani football. It was founded in 1976 and has gone through many changes in format. The current league table has 14 teams playing each other twice to decide the champion.Only four foreign players are allowed in each team.