Three points for the home side is expected from this game if the league table is anything to judge by. The Al-Nahda supporters are confident that the mismatch between 3rd and Al-Ittihad's 11th spot in the table will be visible on the grass.
- Al-Nahda have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Professional League
- Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Professional League
The visiting Al-Ittihad played their last game only four days ago, a Professional League match.
Al-Nahda form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Buraimi Sports Complex as Al-Nahda have scored 17 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Professional League are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Al-Nahda has won five games in a row. The Al-Rustaq match was the last time out without a victory.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Al-Nahda, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 451 minutes in the Professional League.
A strong away win for Al-Nahda against Sohar the last match.
Before that, Al-Nahda had a home game versus Al Seeb which ended with a victory 2-0.The Al-Nahda fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Al-Nahda have conceded only 5 goals.
Al-Ittihad form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al-Ittihad so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose). With three draws in a row for Al-Ittihad the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
There were no winners in Al-Ittihad's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Saham (placed 14th).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Al-Musannah.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Al-Ittihad's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Al-Ittihad struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H encounter ended Al-Ittihad - Al-Nahda 0-0, earlier this season. Last five meetings involving these teams: Al-Nahda won two, Al-Ittihad were winners in one and we saw two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Al-Nahda missing players
Al-Ittihad missing players
| Al-Nahda | Al-Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 25 |
| 88% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 82% |
| 53% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 88% | 65% |
| 24% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 29% |
| 24% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 12% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 6% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 59% | 56% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 12% | 24% |
| 24% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 62% | 65% |
| 4.3 | 8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| 0.9 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5.8 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 3.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 47% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 23% |
| 5.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 6 | 6.8 |
| 1.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
- Al-Ittihad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al-Ittihad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Professional League
- Al-Ittihad have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al-Nahda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al-Nahda have scored more than double the goals of Al-Ittihad.
- Al-Nahda have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have the most clean sheets (10) in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have the most points (20) at home in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al-Nahda is in the best form (5-1-0) in Professional League
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 35 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 35 |
| 3 | Al-Nahda | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Nasr | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Al-Rustaq | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Al-Musannah | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Oman Club | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 24 |
| 8 | Sohar | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 9 | Al Suwaiq | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Muscat | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 16 |
| 11 | Al-Ittihad | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -17 | 13 |
| 12 | Bahla | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 13 | Nizwa | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -20 | 11 |
| 14 | Saham | 17 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -16 | 8 |
