National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Oruba or Sohar that keep their silverware dream alive.
Al Oruba form and stats
Last season their Sultan Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Al Oruba have played 13 Professional League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in Al Oruba's previous game, also at home. Visiting Al-Ittihad (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Salalah and winning 2-0.Oruba has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Oruba are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sur Sports Complex in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 13 matches.
Sohar form and stats
Last season their Sultan Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.No Professional League points yet away for Sohar, from their first 2 matches. Sohar has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Sohar lost away at Al-Nahda (1-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Saham in the Professional League.A new game in only four days for Sohar, the Professional League home match versus Al Seeb. Busy days.
Sohar have the goal stats of 2-7 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Al Oruba-Sohar H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Oruba six wins, Sohar four wins, zero draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Oruba missing players
Sohar missing players
| Al Oruba | Sohar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 6 | 21 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 21 | 34 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 44% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 108% | 136% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 48% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 8.2 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 25 | 57 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 31 | 52 |
| 3 | Fanja | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 42 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 39 |
| 4 | Al-Nahda | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 38 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 37 |
| 6 | Bahla | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | Muscat | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 35 |
| 8 | Al-Rustaq | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 33 |
| 9 | Saham | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 33 |
| 10 | Sohar | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 11 | Al Suwaiq | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 32 |
| 12 | Al Oruba | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 13 | Oman Club | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -17 | 27 |
| 14 | Mrbat | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 33 | -36 | 12 |