It's game day two of the Professional League season and a lot to play for. Check out our in-depth preview of Sohar-Al-Musannah!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sohar form and stats
Last season, Sohar's league stats were 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses, providing 10th position in the Professional League. Over these ten matches they scored 8 goals and gave away 14. Appearing at home in the previous season Sohar managed 2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 5 conceded. A Professional League draw at home so far for Sohar. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 5 matches.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sohar, who played 1-1 against Al Suwaiq. That match was also played at this venue (Ferdie Neita Sports Complex).
Before that, Sohar played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Nizwa.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sohar as they are travelling to their away game against Saham in the Professional League. That match is four days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Sohar's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Al-Musannah form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al-Musannah performed last season in the Professional League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 14 and conceded 10 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 1 with 10/5 goals scored/conceded. Al-Musannah have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Professional League were 3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat from 5 fixtures.
Al-Musannah are travelling again after losing away to Al-Nahda in their previous match (1-3).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al-Rustaq at their stadium, the result 2-0.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al-Musannah has managed 1 goal and let in 3 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Sohar-Al-Musannah H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Sohar three wins, Al-Musannah four wins, zero draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Sohar missing players
Al-Musannah missing players
| Sohar | Al-Musannah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Sohar | Last season | Al-Musannah | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 10 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 10 | 14 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 70% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 30% | ||
| 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 30% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 10% | ||
| 50% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 30% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 50% | ||
| 50% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 5.4 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | ||
| 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.1 | 3.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7.8 | ||
| 2 | 0.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.2 | ||
| 36% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | ||
| 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-Nahda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Nasr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Seeb | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Al Suwaiq | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Saham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Sohar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Al-Ittihad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Al-Rustaq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Bahla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Dhofar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Muscat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Oman Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Nizwa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Al-Musannah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 22 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 20 |
| 3 | Al-Musannah | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Al Nasr | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Al Suwaiq | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Bahla | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Al-Rustaq | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Al-Ittihad | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | Oman Club | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Sohar | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 11 | Nizwa | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 12 | Al-Nahda | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Muscat | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -13 | 3 |
| 14 | Saham | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -13 | 0 |