The home team ticketholders anticipate a win in this match, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a stumbling visitor. Al-Rustaq are in 7th place while the guesting Saham sweat at 14th.
- Al-Rustaq is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Saham have the fewest points (5) away 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.
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 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Al-Rustaq have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Al-Rustaq are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Al-Musannah.
Before that, Al-Rustaq drew at home versus Al Suwaiq.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Al-Rustaq handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and two defeats.
There will be little rest for Al-Rustaq after this match as they are travelling to Al-Nahda for a Professional League game in only four days.
Al-Rustaq have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Saham form and stats
There's been little loot from Saham's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 11 away games in the Professional League. Saham only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws.
Saham won their last game, 2-1 versus Oman Club played at home.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Nizwa's place.We have checked recent matches where Saham have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were one victory, zero draws and five defeats.
After this away game Saham return home for a Professional League game against Al Suwaiq. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Saham as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. The Saham manager has some worries about the defense as 24 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the teams met previously this season; Saham - Al-Rustaq 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Al-Rustaq two wins, three draws and Saham two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Al-Rustaq missing players
Saham missing players
| Al-Rustaq | Saham | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 11 |
| 23 | 11 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 22 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | 33 |
| 83% | 82% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 78% |
| 65% | 55% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 70% |
| 39% | 27% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 82% | 48% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 27% | 13% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 35% | 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 73% | 61% |
| 43% | 45% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 22% |
| 39% | 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 39% |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.2 | 8.2 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 6.6 | 6.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 41% | 48% | 88% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 24% |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
- Al-Rustaq is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Saham have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Saham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Saham have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Saham have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Professional League
- Saham have the fewest points (5) away in Professional League
- Saham have the most conceded goals (24) away in Professional League
- 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 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 32 | 50 |
| 2 | Al-Nahda | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 46 |
| 3 | Dhofar | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 44 |
| 4 | Al-Musannah | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 38 |
| 6 | Oman Club | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Al-Rustaq | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| 8 | Sohar | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 9 | Al Suwaiq | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 28 |
| 10 | Bahla | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 20 |
| 11 | Al-Ittihad | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -20 | 20 |
| 12 | Muscat | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 19 |
| 13 | Nizwa | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | -22 | 19 |
| 14 | Saham | 23 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -17 | 16 |
