Preview: Al-Nahda odds-on to triumph over Muscat at Buraimi Sports Complex

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Mon 25.April
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Buraimi Sports Complex (17000 seats)

Al-Nahda - Muscat. 2nd place meets 10th place. Everything can happen - get a complete overview of the game here!

Insights:
  • Al-Nahda have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Professional League
  • Muscat have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Professional League

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 Muscat.

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Al-Nahda form and stats

Al-Nahda are steadily winning Professional League games and points here at Buraimi Sports Complex. 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games.

The Al-Nahda fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Muscat and win 2-1.

Prior to that, an away loss at Dhofar.

A decent goal production from Al-Nahda in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 12 league matches. Al-Nahda are not conceding a lot of goals here at Buraimi Sports Complex in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 12 matches.

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Muscat form and stats

There's been little loot from Muscat's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Professional League. Muscat only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws. With the Muscat losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

There might be some fixture complaints from Muscat as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-2 against Al-Nahda.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Saham.

The attacking power of Muscat when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Muscat have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Al-Nahda - Muscat 2-1 was the output when this pair of contenders previously did battle, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Al-Nahda wins - draws - Muscat wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Al-Nahda missing players

Muscat missing players

Al-Nahda Muscat
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 12 4 Played P 3 11 22
13 8 3 Won W 1 2 5
6 3 1 Drew D 1 4 4
3 1 0 Lost L 1 5 13
31 23 8 Scored S 2 7 20
16 8 1 Conceded C 4 13 31
91% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 91%
59% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 55% 73%
32% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 50%
27% 42% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 14%
5% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
36% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 55%
50% 42% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 36% 27%
23% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 27%
 
4.4 8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 4.3
4.4 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.8 3.9
1.1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.6 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
6.3 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 6.8 5.2
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 1.8 1.8
43% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 22% 52%
 
6 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 7.6 5.6
2.1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3 2.8
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • 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 at home.
  • Al-Nahda have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Muscat have scored away.
  • 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.
  • Muscat have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Professional League
  • Muscat have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Professional League
  • Muscat have the most dropped points from leading position (17) 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 22 14 5 3 44 16 11 8 1 2 26 7 11 6 4 1 18 9 28 47
2 Al-Nahda 22 13 6 3 31 16 12 8 3 1 23 8 10 5 3 2 8 8 15 45
3 Dhofar 22 12 8 2 36 13 11 7 4 0 27 7 11 5 4 2 9 6 23 44
4 Al-Musannah 22 11 5 6 29 20 11 5 3 3 17 11 11 6 2 3 12 9 9 38
5 Al Nasr 22 10 8 4 25 18 11 5 5 1 14 8 11 5 3 3 11 10 7 38
6 Oman Club 22 8 7 7 28 25 11 4 3 4 13 8 11 4 4 3 15 17 3 31
7 Al-Rustaq 22 8 7 7 22 20 11 4 4 3 11 7 11 4 3 4 11 13 2 31
8 Al Suwaiq 22 7 7 8 23 22 10 3 4 3 10 9 12 4 3 5 13 13 1 28
9 Sohar 22 6 9 7 22 28 12 4 5 3 13 10 10 2 4 4 9 18 -6 27
10 Muscat 22 5 4 13 20 31 11 3 0 8 13 18 11 2 4 5 7 13 -11 19
11 Nizwa 22 4 6 12 10 32 11 3 2 6 7 13 11 1 4 6 3 19 -22 18
12 Bahla 22 3 8 11 22 32 10 1 3 6 10 16 12 2 5 5 12 16 -10 17
13 Al-Ittihad 22 3 8 11 15 36 11 1 4 6 6 16 11 2 4 5 9 20 -21 17
14 Saham 22 1 10 11 14 32 11 0 8 3 5 8 11 1 2 8 9 24 -18 13

Read more about Professional League

The Oman Professional League is the top division of Omani football. It was founded in 1976 and has gone through many changes in format. The current league table has 14 teams playing each other twice to decide the champion.Only four foreign players are allowed in each team.