Bahla know they are in for a demanding journey to Al-Ittihad and their The Salalah Youth Complex. This preview has all the data you need ahead of the match.
- Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals (11) in Professional League
- Bahla have the most points from losing position (8) in Professional League
It's no vacation for neither Al-Ittihad nor Bahla 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.
Al-Ittihad form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Professional League this season. Al-Ittihad have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from their games here at The Salalah Youth Complex. The home stadium (The Salalah Youth Complex) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Al-Ittihad it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?
The Al-Ittihad regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at The Salalah Youth Complex: A 0-1 defeat against Bahla (placed 7th).
1-1 away at Al Seeb before that.This is expected to be a close game, with Al-Ittihad perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al-Ittihad as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Al-Ittihad has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
The lack of attacking qualities in Al-Ittihad means that they have only scored {4 goals} in 11 league home games, less than half a goal per match. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Al-Ittihad are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Salalah Youth Complex in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.
Bahla form and stats
As the visiting team in Professional League matches, Bahla have produced an overall stat of 3-3-5 so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Bahla, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Al-Ittihad (placed 12th) last time out. Those three points felt sweet as this club had gone five league matches without victory.
Prior to that match, the Bahla manager faced defeat when travelling to Al Oruba and losing 3-4.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Bahla in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Bahla, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bahla as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Bahla have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Bahla - Al-Ittihad 2-0 was the output when these sides last met, also in this season. Last three meetings involving these participants: Al-Ittihad won two, Bahla were winners in one and we saw zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.
Al-Ittihad missing players
Bahla missing players
| Al-Ittihad | Bahla | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 27 |
| 29 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 88% | 75% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 46% | 17% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 62% |
| 29% | 8% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 17% | 29% |
| 4% | 8% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 8% |
| 29% | 17% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 42% |
| 21% | 42% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 42% | 42% |
| 62% | 67% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 2.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.5 | 6.6 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 2 | 2.8 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 23% | 12% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 58% | 76% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
- Al-Ittihad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al-Ittihad have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Professional League
- Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals (11) in Professional League
- Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Professional League
- Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Professional League
- Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Professional League
- Al-Ittihad have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al-Ittihad is in the worst form (0-1-4)
- Bahla have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Bahla have scored more than double the goals of Al-Ittihad.
- Bahla have the most points from losing position (8) in Professional League
- Bahla have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Professional League
- Bahla have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| 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 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 52 |
| 2 | Al Suwaiq | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 48 |
| 3 | Al Seeb | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 42 |
| 4 | Al-Rustaq | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| 5 | Dhofar | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Oman Club | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 35 |
| 7 | Bahla | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Sohar | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 33 |
| 9 | Al-Musannah | 23 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Al Nasr | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 27 |
| 11 | Sur | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 21 |
| 12 | Al-Ittihad | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -17 | 17 |
| 13 | Al Oruba | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 16 |
| 14 | Al-Bashaeer | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 | -23 | 12 |
