The two contenders are delivering a quality season so far and occasions like today could be momentous. Here's the preview for Al-Nahda - Bahla!
- Al-Nahda have the most scored goals (18) in Professional League
- Bahla have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Professional League
This promises to be an exciting fixture with lots of action and energy as both sides are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Al-Nahda form and stats
Home games in the Professional League have been a walk in the park for Al-Nahda so far, with 19 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Ever since the Dhofar game Al-Nahda has been unbeatable here at Buraimi Sports Complex producing six straight wins.
The followers hope that Al-Nahda will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 1-3 away defeat in the Sultan Cup fixture against Al Oruba.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Oman Club.It should be noted that a glance at the 15 most recent league matches shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
The Al-Nahda fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches.
Bahla form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Professional League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Bahla has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Al-Bashaeer in their previous game. Those three points felt sweet as this club had gone three league rounds without winning. The end of the last match, against Al-Bashaeer, was very satisfying as Mitkov scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Al-Rustaq's place.The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Al-Nahda have avoided a loss in the last 4 games (1-3-0) versus Bahla.Al-Nahda and Bahla have met earlier this season: Bahla - Al-Nahda 0-0.
Al-Nahda missing players
Bahla missing players
| Al-Nahda | Bahla | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 80% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 47% | 43% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 43% | 60% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 57% | 47% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 33% |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 2.9 |
| 3.3 | 1.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 7.8 | 5.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.8 | 7.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 6.8 | 6.4 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 53% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 45% |
| 5.4 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
- Al-Nahda have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
- Al-Nahda have not yet lost a game.
- 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 conceded goals (3) in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have the most clean sheets (12) in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have the most scored goals (18) in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have the the best goal difference (+15) in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Al-Nahda is in the best form (4-2-0) in Professional League
- Bahla have the most scored goals in the second half (14) 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 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 35 |
| 2 | Al-Rustaq | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Al Suwaiq | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Bahla | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | Al Seeb | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Sohar | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Dhofar | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Oman Club | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | Al Nasr | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Al-Musannah | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 11 | Sur | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Al-Bashaeer | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -13 | 8 |
| 13 | Al-Ittihad | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 14 | -13 | 7 |
| 14 | Al Oruba | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 6 |
