Al-Rustaq are located at 3rd, while Al Nasr are hanging back 14 points behind in the league table. Will they decrease the gap?
- Al-Rustaq have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al Nasr have the most points from losing position (5) in Professional League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Al-Rustaq form and stats
4 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Al-Rustaq have to build on here at Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex in the Professional League.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Al Nasr last time out and are looking for a win here.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Al Oruba (after extra-time).Al-Rustaq have scored {6 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. Al-Rustaq are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Nasr form and stats
The visitors are W2-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Professional League. Two points from the last two away games for Al Nasr, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Nasr are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Al-Rustaq (placed 3rd).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Al-Ittihad (after extra-time).The attacking power of Al Nasr when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Al Nasr have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides met each other previously this campaign: Al-Rustaq - Al Nasr 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Al-Rustaq wins - draws - Al Nasr wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.
Al-Rustaq missing players
Al Nasr missing players
| Al-Rustaq | Al Nasr | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 84% | 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 70% | 68% |
| 47% | 40% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 26% | 20% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 37% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 32% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 37% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 42% |
| 37% | 50% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 53% |
| 5.4 | 6.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.6 | 3.8 |
| 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6.9 | 6.5 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 4.9 | 6.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.9 | 2.8 |
| 30% | 22% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 5.9 | 6.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
- Al Nasr have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Nasr have the most points from losing position (5) in Professional League
- Al Nasr have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Al-Rustaq have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 39 |
| 2 | Al Suwaiq | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 36 |
| 3 | Al-Rustaq | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Seeb | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Sohar | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Oman Club | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 |
| 7 | Bahla | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Dhofar | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Al Nasr | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Al-Musannah | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Sur | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 17 |
| 12 | Al-Ittihad | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 13 | Al-Bashaeer | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 9 |
| 14 | Al Oruba | 18 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -16 | 7 |
