Al-Rustaq battle Sohar for glory and sporting success.
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
The first Professional League game here at Ibri Youth Complex resulted in a draw. Last season Al-Rustaq's home game statistics were 5 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 13 games.
The Al-Rustaq goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Professional League.
The spoils were shared in Al-Rustaq's previous game, also at home. Visiting Sohar (placed 6th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Before that match, a win away at Bahla.This is expected to be a close game, with Al-Rustaq perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al-Rustaq as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Al-Rustaq has won 3 of these, drawn 8 and lost 2.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al-Rustaq at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Sohar form and stats
One match played away so far in the Professional League for Sohar and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from 13 games.
355 minutes! That's how long the Sohar goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Al-Rustaq (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Al Nasr.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Sohar in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Sohar, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sohar has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Al-Rustaq and Sohar have duelled previously this season: Al-Rustaq - Sohar 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Al-Rustaq wins - draws - Sohar wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Al-Rustaq missing players
Sohar missing players
| Al-Rustaq | Sohar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 9.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Al-Rustaq | Last season | Sohar | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Scored | S | 14 | 32 | ||
| 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 85% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 85% | ||
| 62% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 65% | ||
| 35% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 42% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 27% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 35% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 50% | ||
| 42% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 31% | ||
| 38% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 35% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.2 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 41% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 42% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.3 | ||
| 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 Suwaiq | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Al Seeb | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Al-Rustaq | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Al-Nahda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Dhofar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Sohar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sur | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Al-Musannah | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Oman Club | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Al-Ittihad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Al Oruba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Nasr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Bahla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Al-Bashaeer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 33 | 55 |
| 2 | Al-Nahda | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 53 |
| 3 | Dhofar | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 48 |
| 4 | Al-Musannah | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 43 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 42 |
| 6 | Sohar | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 39 |
| 7 | Al-Rustaq | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | Oman Club | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -3 | 31 |
| 9 | Al Suwaiq | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | -4 | 31 |
| 10 | Al-Ittihad | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | -19 | 25 |
| 11 | Bahla | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 24 |
| 12 | Muscat | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 22 |
| 13 | Saham | 26 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -17 | 20 |
| 14 | Nizwa | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 28 | -28 | 20 |
