Professional League preview: Can Al Nasr edge out victory against Al-Ittihad?

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Fri 10.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Salalah Youth Complex (12000 seats)

In total; 17 matches are done and Al Nasr are 7 points ahead of Al-Ittihad. Who wins the prize?

Insights:
  • Al Nasr have the most points from losing position (5) in Professional League
  • Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals (7) in Professional League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Al Nasr form and stats

Al Nasr have collected 10 points from their Professional League home games so far after 2-4-2.

Stress levels are on the rise for Nasr's attacking players as they have now played 180 minutes without scoring in a league game.

An away draw last time out for Al Nasr, facing Al-Musannah in a game that ended 0-0.

Preceding that match was the home game against Al Suwaiq that was lost 0-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Al Nasr have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Nasr here at The Salalah Youth Complex in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Al Nasr are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Salalah Youth Complex in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.

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Al-Ittihad form and stats

There's been little loot from Al-Ittihad's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 9 away games in the Professional League. Al-Ittihad only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 0 draws.

It's the second away game in a row for Al-Ittihad, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Al Oruba (placed 14th) last time out.

Before that, Al-Ittihad secured a home win against Sohar with the score 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Al-Ittihad have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Lacking goals? 11 of this team's most recent 14 league matches have contained two or less goals.

Al-Ittihad are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {4 goals} from 9 away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Al-Ittihad's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The newest logged result featuring both these squads is the Al-Ittihad - Nasr 0-0 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Al Nasr one win, two draws and Al-Ittihad one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Al Nasr missing players

Al-Ittihad missing players

Al Nasr Al-Ittihad
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 3 9 17
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
8 4 2 Drew D 0 0 4
5 2 0 Lost L 3 8 10
14 7 6 Scored S 1 4 7
16 6 3 Conceded C 7 15 18
65% 62% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 82%
41% 38% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 41%
35% 25% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 24%
24% 25% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
12% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 25% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 24%
47% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
59% 62% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 67% 65%
 
3.5 4.4 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 2.6
3.3 3.6 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.4 4.3
1.6 2.1 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 0.9 1.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
6.5 7.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 2.3 1.1 4.1
2.7 3.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 0.6 1.8
29% 26% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 75% 22%
 
6.7 7.4 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 4.7 3.3 4.7
2.6 3.2 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.3 2.1
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Al Nasr have the most points from losing position (5) in Professional League
  • Al Nasr have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Al-Ittihad have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Al-Ittihad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Al-Ittihad have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Al-Ittihad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al-Ittihad have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Professional League
  • Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals (7) in Professional League
  • Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Professional League
  • Al-Ittihad have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Professional League
  • Al-Ittihad have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Al-Ittihad haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 17 11 5 1 19 4 8 7 1 0 11 0 9 4 4 1 8 4 15 38
2 Al Suwaiq 17 11 2 4 16 8 8 7 1 0 9 0 9 4 1 4 7 8 8 35
3 Al-Rustaq 17 9 4 4 16 13 9 4 2 3 5 7 8 5 2 1 11 6 3 31
4 Al Seeb 17 7 8 2 16 8 8 2 5 1 6 3 9 5 3 1 10 5 8 29
5 Bahla 17 8 3 6 18 14 9 5 1 3 13 9 8 3 2 3 5 5 4 27
6 Sohar 17 8 2 7 16 11 9 5 1 3 12 7 8 3 1 4 4 4 5 26
7 Dhofar 17 7 5 5 17 13 8 3 2 3 9 8 9 4 3 2 8 5 4 26
8 Oman Club 17 6 7 4 13 10 9 4 2 3 7 7 8 2 5 1 6 3 3 25
9 Al Nasr 17 4 8 5 14 16 8 2 4 2 7 6 9 2 4 3 7 10 -2 20
10 Al-Musannah 17 3 10 4 12 13 9 2 6 1 9 7 8 1 4 3 3 6 -1 19
11 Sur 17 5 2 10 13 20 8 3 1 4 8 9 9 2 1 6 5 11 -7 17
12 Al-Ittihad 17 3 4 10 7 18 8 2 4 2 3 3 9 1 0 8 4 15 -11 13
13 Al-Bashaeer 17 2 3 12 12 27 9 2 1 6 8 14 8 0 2 6 4 13 -15 9
14 Al Oruba 17 0 7 10 10 24 9 0 4 5 3 9 8 0 3 5 7 15 -14 7

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.