Professional League match preview: Al Seeb versus Al Suwaiq

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Sat 15.February
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Seeb Stadium (14000 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the Al Seeb supporters in this Al-Seeb Stadium clash with Al Suwaiq, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Professional League table.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Al Seeb form and stats

Al Seeb, who have the most scored goals (29) in Professional League, have performed here at Al-Seeb Stadium this season with 6 wins from 9 Professional League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. The Al Seeb fans aren't used to losing here at Al-Seeb Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Al Seeb has played ten games in a row here without a defeat. Al Seeb haven’t lost a game in 16 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Fanja, 147 days ago.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Al Seeb, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 373 minutes in the Professional League.

Before that, Al Seeb had a home game versus Mrbat which ended with a victory 3-0.

A decent goal production from Al Seeb in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Al Seeb have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Al Suwaiq form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Suwaiq so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose).

The manager M. Al Saadi was unhappy after their last game, a Professional League match played at their home ground Al-Seeb Stadium. Al Suwaiq suffered a 0-3 loss to Dhofar (placed 2nd). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Al-Rustaq.

Goals are few and far between in Al Suwaiq's away league games. Only 4 goals from 8 travels. In the opposite end, Al Suwaiq have conceded 13 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Al Suwaiq - Al Seeb 1-2, played this season. Al Seeb-Al Suwaiq H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Seeb three wins, Al Suwaiq five wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Al Seeb missing players

Al Suwaiq missing players

Al Seeb Al Suwaiq
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 4 Played P 2 8 17
12 6 4 Won W 1 1 6
5 3 0 Drew D 0 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 1 5 8
29 14 9 Scored S 2 4 17
10 3 0 Conceded C 5 13 23
89% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
67% 56% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 82%
50% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 47%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 12% 12%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
39% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 47%
61% 78% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 24%
11% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 62% 35%
 
5 5.8 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 3.4 3.3
2.9 3.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.2 3.5
1.6 1.4 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
207 110 56 Total Shots T S 10 71 122
73 40 22 Shots on Target S O 3 21 38
36% 35% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 19% 37%
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Al Seeb has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home
  • Al Seeb has the most clean sheets (7) at home
  • Al Seeb has the most points (21) at home
  • Al Seeb has the most scored goals (29)
  • Al Seeb has the most scored goals in the second half (18)
  • Al Seeb has the the best goal difference (+11) at home
  • Al Seeb have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Al Seeb have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Seeb have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Suwaiq have scored away.
  • Al Suwaiq have conceded at least twice as many goals as they 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 18 12 5 1 29 10 9 6 3 0 14 3 9 6 2 1 15 7 19 41
2 Dhofar 18 11 5 2 27 7 9 5 3 1 14 5 9 6 2 1 13 2 20 38
3 Saham 18 8 6 4 24 21 9 6 1 2 15 9 9 2 5 2 9 12 3 30
4 Bahla 18 6 8 4 21 19 9 5 1 3 9 7 9 1 7 1 12 12 2 26
5 Al-Nahda 17 7 4 6 24 23 9 4 2 3 12 12 8 3 2 3 12 11 1 25
6 Sohar 17 7 3 7 25 22 8 3 3 2 10 9 9 4 0 5 15 13 3 24
7 Fanja 18 6 6 6 28 31 9 4 2 3 17 18 9 2 4 3 11 13 -3 24
8 Al Nasr 18 5 8 5 20 23 9 2 5 2 13 15 9 3 3 3 7 8 -3 23
9 Al-Rustaq 18 5 7 6 18 15 9 2 4 3 12 8 9 3 3 3 6 7 3 22
10 Al Suwaiq 17 6 3 8 17 23 9 5 1 3 13 10 8 1 2 5 4 13 -6 21
11 Muscat 18 5 5 8 22 25 9 4 2 3 11 9 9 1 3 5 11 16 -3 20
12 Oman Club 17 5 4 8 15 22 8 4 3 1 8 5 9 1 1 7 7 17 -7 19
13 Al Oruba 18 2 5 11 10 22 9 2 4 3 6 8 9 0 1 8 4 14 -12 11
14 Mrbat 18 2 5 11 14 31 9 1 3 5 8 14 9 1 2 6 6 17 -17 11

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.