Football betting preview: Al Oruba vs Saham

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Fri 07.February
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Sur Sports Complex (8000 seats)

Struggling Al Oruba will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Saham in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Sultan Cup match only two days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Al Nasr.

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Al Oruba form and stats

When playing at home in the Professional League, Al Oruba have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games.

Al Oruba are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 343 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Y. Al Mukhaini).

In their previous game, led his Al Oruba to a defeat in the Sultan Cup match away at Al Nasr. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sur Sports Complex. Heartbreak before that as Al Oruba lost 0-1 at Muscat's place.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Al Oruba here at Sur Sports Complex in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 8 games). Al Oruba have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Saham form and stats

As the visiting team in Professional League matches, Saham have produced an overall stat of 2-4-2 so far. Saham have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row. Visiting Saham has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Saham delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Fanja (placed 10th) in their previous match; a Professional League game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Oman Club that ended 1-1.

Saham have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Saham in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Saham - Al Oruba 2-1 earlier this season. Al Oruba-Saham H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Oruba four wins, Saham four wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Al Oruba missing players

Saham missing players

Al Oruba Saham
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 4 8 17
2 2 0 Won W 1 2 8
4 3 1 Drew D 3 4 5
11 3 1 Lost L 0 2 4
9 5 0 Scored S 5 8 23
21 7 3 Conceded C 3 11 20
76% 62% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 94%
53% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 71%
41% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 25% 41%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 24%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 18%
35% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 62% 65%
29% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 24%
59% 62% 100% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 18%
 
2.9 3 2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.7 4.2
3.1 2.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4 5.2
1.4 1.3 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
63 35 6 Total Shots T S 39 52 95
15 5 2 Shots on Target S O 15 23 45
47% 60% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 30% 49%
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Al Oruba has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • Al Oruba has the fewest scored goals (5) at home
  • Al Oruba has the fewest scored goals (9)
  • Al Oruba has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2)
  • Al Oruba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Saham have scored more than double the goals of Al Oruba.
  • Saham 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 17 11 5 1 27 10 9 6 3 0 14 3 8 5 2 1 13 7 17 38
2 Dhofar 17 10 5 2 24 7 9 5 3 1 14 5 8 5 2 1 10 2 17 35
3 Saham 17 8 5 4 23 20 9 6 1 2 15 9 8 2 4 2 8 11 3 29
4 Bahla 17 6 8 3 21 17 8 5 1 2 9 5 9 1 7 1 12 12 4 26
5 Al-Nahda 16 7 4 5 23 20 8 4 2 2 11 9 8 3 2 3 12 11 3 25
6 Al Nasr 17 5 8 4 19 20 9 2 5 2 13 15 8 3 3 2 6 5 -1 23
7 Al-Rustaq 17 5 7 5 18 14 9 2 4 3 12 8 8 3 3 2 6 6 4 22
8 Sohar 16 6 3 7 22 21 8 3 3 2 10 9 8 3 0 5 12 12 1 21
9 Al Suwaiq 16 6 3 7 17 20 8 5 1 2 13 7 8 1 2 5 4 13 -3 21
10 Fanja 17 5 6 6 25 30 8 3 2 3 14 17 9 2 4 3 11 13 -5 21
11 Muscat 17 5 4 8 20 23 9 4 2 3 11 9 8 1 2 5 9 14 -3 19
12 Oman Club 16 4 4 8 14 22 7 3 3 1 7 5 9 1 1 7 7 17 -8 16
13 Al Oruba 17 2 4 11 9 21 8 2 3 3 5 7 9 0 1 8 4 14 -12 10
14 Mrbat 17 2 4 11 12 29 8 1 2 5 6 12 9 1 2 6 6 17 -17 10

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.