Sneaking up on the top teams is the subject when these mid-table teams do battle. Both will be aiming to strenghten their league table standing, Al-Musannah in 9th and Bahla in 5th place.
- Al-Musannah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bahla have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Professional League
Al-Musannah form and stats
The overall Professional League stats at home this season for Al-Musannah are 2-6-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Al-Musannah.
Al-Musannah are returning here after visiting Al-Ittihad and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Finally, a league victory after four matches without.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Dhofar the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Al-Musannah perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al-Musannah as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Al-Musannah has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 12 league games, 11 have had two goals or less.
Al-Musannah have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bahla form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Professional League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Bahla are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Bahla are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against Dhofar (placed 8th).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Sur.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Bahla in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Bahla, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bahla as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bahla are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Al-Musannah have not lost in the last 4 games (2-2-0) facing Bahla.These teams encountered each other earlier this campaign: Bahla - Al-Musannah 1-2.
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| Al-Musannah | Bahla | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 14 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 63% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 89% |
| 47% | 56% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 38% | 61% |
| 21% | 22% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 28% |
| 16% | 22% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 5% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 37% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 12% | 33% |
| 47% | 56% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 53% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6.2 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 1.8 | 2.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 48% | 41% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 56% |
| 5.2 | 6.2 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
- Al-Musannah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bahla have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Bahla have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Professional League
- Bahla have the most points from losing position (7) in Professional League
- Bahla have the most scored goals in the second half (16) 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 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Al Suwaiq | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 40 |
| 3 | Al-Rustaq | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 38 |
| 4 | Oman Club | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Bahla | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Al Seeb | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Sohar | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 29 |
| 8 | Dhofar | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Al-Musannah | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Al Nasr | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Sur | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 12 | Al-Ittihad | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 16 |
| 13 | Al-Bashaeer | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -17 | 10 |
| 14 | Al Oruba | 20 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -17 | 10 |
