Match preview: Al-Rustaq favourite to triumph over Sur at Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Tue 02.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex (39000 seats)

Al-Rustaq - Sur. 4th position versus 11th position. Everything can happen - get a broad overview of the game here!

Insights:
  • Al-Rustaq have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Professional League
  • Sur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither Al-Rustaq nor Sur as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Al-Rustaq form and stats

Al-Rustaq have collected 16 points from their Professional League home games so far after 4-4-4.

Al-Rustaq drew their last game, also a home match. Sur (placed 11th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Al-Nahda that finished 1-1.

Al-Rustaq aren't scoring a lot here at Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex in the league, with only {7 goals} from 12 games. From these home matches, Al-Rustaq have conceded only 10 goals.

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Sur form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sur so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-8 (win-draw-lose).

Feston was the last player to score for the away team. Sur haven't scored a league goal in the last 304 minutes.

Sur are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Al-Rustaq (placed 4th).

A 0-1 defeat away at Al Nasr before that.

Low on goals? 9 of this side's latest 12 league rounds have had two goals or less.

Sur are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {6 goals} from 12 away games. Sur have conceded 16 goals in these away matches. Sur has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

These sides met each other before this season: Al-Rustaq - Sur 0-0. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Al-Rustaq wins - draws - Sur wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Al-Rustaq missing players

Sur missing players

Al-Rustaq Sur
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 4 Played P 3 12 23
11 4 2 Won W 0 2 6
7 4 2 Drew D 0 2 3
5 4 0 Lost L 3 8 14
23 7 4 Scored S 2 6 18
18 10 2 Conceded C 8 16 28
83% 75% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 87%
48% 42% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 58% 52%
26% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 25% 35%
13% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 8% 13%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 13%
35% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 25% 30%
48% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 30%
35% 50% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 67% 52%
 
5.1 6.5 10.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.6 4.4
3.7 4.8 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 3.3
1.7 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.9 7.3 4.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.5 5.7
2.7 2.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 2.1
29% 20% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 20% 34%
 
6.6 7.6 2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 8.2 5.8
2.6 3.2 0.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 3.9 2.7
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Al-Rustaq have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Professional League
  • Al-Rustaq have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sur 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-Nahda 23 15 7 1 30 6 11 9 2 0 17 1 12 6 5 1 13 5 24 52
2 Al Suwaiq 22 14 3 5 26 15 11 8 2 1 14 5 11 6 1 4 12 10 11 45
3 Al Seeb 23 11 9 3 30 13 12 5 6 1 16 6 11 6 3 2 14 7 17 42
4 Al-Rustaq 23 11 7 5 23 18 12 4 4 4 7 10 11 7 3 1 16 8 5 40
5 Dhofar 23 10 6 7 24 17 11 4 3 4 13 10 12 6 3 3 11 7 7 36
6 Oman Club 22 9 8 5 21 17 11 6 2 3 12 9 11 3 6 2 9 8 4 35
7 Bahla 22 9 6 7 23 20 12 6 3 3 16 11 10 3 3 4 7 9 3 33
8 Sohar 23 10 3 10 20 19 11 6 1 4 14 9 12 4 2 6 6 10 1 33
9 Al-Musannah 23 5 12 6 19 20 11 2 7 2 10 9 12 3 5 4 9 11 -1 27
10 Al Nasr 23 6 9 8 19 21 12 3 4 5 9 10 11 3 5 3 10 11 -2 27
11 Sur 23 6 3 14 18 28 11 4 1 6 12 12 12 2 2 8 6 16 -10 21
12 Al-Ittihad 23 4 5 14 11 28 11 2 4 5 4 8 12 2 1 9 7 20 -17 17
13 Al Oruba 22 2 7 13 15 34 11 1 4 6 6 13 11 1 3 7 9 21 -19 13
14 Al-Bashaeer 23 3 3 17 17 40 12 2 1 9 10 23 11 1 2 8 7 17 -23 12

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.