Al-Rustaq will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Al Nasr.
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.
Al-Rustaq form and stats
The story so far in the Professional League for Al-Rustaq at their home stadium (Ferdie Neita Sports Complex) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 4-4 versus Muscat.
Al-Rustaq have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ferdie Neita Sports Complex with 19 goals in 11 league matches. Al-Rustaq have conceded 14 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Al Nasr form and stats
4-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Nasr in their Professional League matches away.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Al Suwaiq wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
The attacking power of Al Nasr when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Al Nasr are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Al Nasr - Al-Rustaq 0-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Al-Rustaq won two games, one match ended with a draw and Al Nasr has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / threeAl-Rustaq missing players
Al Nasr missing players
| Al-Rustaq | Al Nasr | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 28 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 27 |
| 24 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | 29 |
| 83% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 61% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 45% | 70% |
| 30% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 18% | 43% |
| 17% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 9% | 30% |
| 17% | 27% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 43% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 36% | 57% |
| 30% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 22% |
| 43% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 125 | 64 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 59 | 160 |
| 40 | 24 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 16 | 57 |
| 60% | 79% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 150% | 44% | 46% |
- Al Nasr has the most points from losing position (12) in Professional League
- Al-Rustaq has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Professional League
- Al-Rustaq have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al-Rustaq have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Nasr have scored 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 Seeb | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 50 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 45 |
| 3 | Al-Nahda | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 34 |
| 4 | Al Nasr | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 33 |
| 5 | Saham | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 32 |
| 6 | Muscat | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Sohar | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| 8 | Al-Rustaq | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 30 |
| 9 | Fanja | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 30 |
| 10 | Al Suwaiq | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 29 |
| 11 | Bahla | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 28 |
| 12 | Oman Club | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -15 | 26 |
| 13 | Al Oruba | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 16 | -7 | 23 |
| 14 | Mrbat | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -22 | 12 |