Al Oruba hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 5 points and a 13th position in the Professional League table. Visiting Al-Rustaq holds 6th place with 18 pts.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Al Oruba form and stats
Al Oruba have played 5 Professional League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, led his Al Oruba to a defeat in the Professional League match away at Al-Nahda. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Al Suwaiq.
Al Oruba have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Al Oruba are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Al-Rustaq form and stats
Playing away, Al-Rustaq have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Professional League this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Al-Rustaq are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Al-Rustaq's last game was the home draw against Fanja (1-1). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al Nasr at their stadium, the result 2-0.
Al-Rustaq are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Al-Rustaq as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Al Oruba won 1, Al-Rustaq won 2 and 1 draw. 2 games with over 2,5 goals, 2 matches with two goals or less.Al Oruba missing players
Al-Rustaq missing players
| Al Oruba | Al-Rustaq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 83% | 60% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| 58% | 40% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 67% |
| 42% | 20% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 42% | 20% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 42% |
| 25% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 33% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 3.1 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
| 1.4 | 1.8 | 4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 63 | 35 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 38 | 75 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 47% | 60% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 45% | 67% |
- Al Oruba has the fewest scored goals (7)
- Al Oruba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al Oruba have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al-Rustaq has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
- Al-Rustaq have scored more than double the goals of Al Oruba.
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Saham | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | Al-Nahda | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | Al-Rustaq | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | Bahla | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Sohar | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Fanja | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Al Suwaiq | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Oman Club | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | Muscat | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Al Oruba | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 5 |
| 14 | Mrbat | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -16 | 3 |