Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nizwa & Saham face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Sultan Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Nizwa nor Saham as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Nizwa form and stats
Last season, Nizwa's Sultan Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.The overall Professional League stats playing at home this season for Nizwa are 0-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Nizwa haven't scored in 643 minutes.
An away draw last time out for Nizwa, facing Al Suwaiq in a game that ended 0-0.
Preceding that match was a Professional League defeat to Al-Rustaq (0-3).The lack of attacking qualities in Nizwa means that they have only scored 0 goals in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. On the other hand, Nizwa have conceded 4 goals.
Saham form and stats
Last season their Sultan Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Al Seeb.0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Saham playing as the away team in the Professional League this season.
Two away games in a row for Saham, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Dhofar in the Professional League.
A draw for Saham before that, at their own venue hosting Al Nasr (0-0).Many goals are not expected from the visiting Saham as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. For Saham, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Nizwa missing players
Saham missing players
| Nizwa | Saham | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Conceded | C | 20 | 41 | ||
| 86% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 18% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 14% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 52% | ||
| 14% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 55% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 55% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 7.9 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 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 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Al Nasr | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Al-Musannah | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Al-Nahda | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | Al-Rustaq | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Bahla | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Oman Club | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | Sohar | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 10 | Al Suwaiq | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Saham | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
| 12 | Al-Ittihad | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 3 |
| 13 | Nizwa | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -12 | 3 |
| 14 | Muscat | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
