The league table tells us that 15 points divide the two competitors in this Professional League match. Al-Nahda own both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Al-Nahda have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Professional League
- Al-Rustaq have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Al-Nahda and Al-Rustaq.
Al-Nahda form and stats
27 points is a decent return from 12 Professional League games here at Buraimi Sports Complex for Al-Nahda. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Al-Nahda, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 196 minutes in the Professional League.
A strong away win for Al-Nahda against Oman Club the last match.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Nizwa the opponent.The manager Pereira will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Al Suwaiq in only four days.
A decent goal production from Al-Nahda in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 12 league matches. Al-Nahda have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al-Rustaq form and stats
As the visiting team in Professional League matches, Al-Rustaq have produced an overall stat of 4-3-5 so far. Bitter travels for Al-Rustaq as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Al Nasr match.
Al-Rustaq go into this game after a win, the home game against Saham that ended 1-0.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Al-Musannah wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.After this away game Al-Rustaq return home for a Professional League game against Sohar. That game is only four sleeps after this.
As opposed to that, Al-Rustaq have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Al-Nahda and Al-Rustaq have faced off earlier this season: Al-Rustaq - Al-Nahda 1-1. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Al-Nahda victories, three draws and three Al-Rustaq wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Al-Nahda missing players
Al-Rustaq missing players
| Al-Nahda | Al-Rustaq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 33 | 23 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 24 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 15 | 22 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 58% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 25% | 42% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 8% |
| 4% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 54% | 42% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 42% | 46% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 42% | 38% |
| 4.3 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
| 4.6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 1.1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 5.2 | 7.2 |
| 3.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 42% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 41% |
| 5.9 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
- 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 the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have the most points (27) at home in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al-Rustaq have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al-Rustaq 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 Seeb | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 33 | 53 |
| 2 | Al-Nahda | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 49 |
| 3 | Dhofar | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 47 |
| 4 | Al-Musannah | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 42 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 38 |
| 6 | Al-Rustaq | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 34 |
| 7 | Sohar | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 33 |
| 8 | Oman Club | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Al Suwaiq | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 10 | Al-Ittihad | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -20 | 21 |
| 11 | Bahla | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 20 |
| 12 | Muscat | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 20 |
| 13 | Nizwa | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 24 | -25 | 19 |
| 14 | Saham | 24 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 16 |
