Al Seeb vs Fanja match preview

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Date: Fri 10.January
Match begins: 15:10 (UTC)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Al Seeb leading Fanja by 15 points.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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

17 points is a decent return from 7 Professional League games here for Al Seeb, who have the most points (17) at home in Professional League,. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Al Seeb has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Fanja defeat 110 days ago. After failing to beat Bahla here, Al Seeb has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

The home team returns after sharing the points with Al Nasr (placed 6th) on their last time out; the Professional League game ended 2-2. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Saham.

A case of two points dropped for Al Seeb in the Al Nasr match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

Al Seeb have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Defensively Al Seeb have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Fanja form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (27) in Professional League, on their Professional League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Fanja failed to get anything from their last game, a Professional League home match vs Dhofar (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-3. Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Sohar.

Fanja find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Fanja have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Fanja - Al Seeb 2-1. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 2 Al Seeb victories, 0 draws and 5 Fanja wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Al Seeb missing players

Fanja missing players

Al Seeb Fanja
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 1 7 14
9 5 3 Won W 0 2 4
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 4
1 0 0 Lost L 1 3 6
21 11 6 Scored S 1 10 21
10 3 0 Conceded C 2 12 27
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
64% 57% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 93%
50% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 79%
14% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 43%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 21%
50% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 93%
50% 71% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
7% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
5.3 5.9 4.7 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.6 4.6
3.1 4 3.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 13 5.2 5.2
1.7 1.3 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
178 81 39 Total Shots T S 8 69 155
66 33 19 Shots on Target S O 5 24 63
30% 33% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 25% 27%
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Al Seeb has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home
  • Al Seeb has the most clean sheets (5) at home
  • Al Seeb has the most points (17) 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 is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • All of Fanja's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fanja has the most conceded goals (27)
  • Fanja has the most conceded goals in the second half (16)
  • Fanja has the most dropped points from leading position (11)
  • Fanja has the most matches over the total-line (9)
  • Fanja has the most scored goals in the first half (12)
  • Fanja have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Fanja have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Fanja have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Fanja haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 14 9 4 1 21 10 7 5 2 0 11 3 7 4 2 1 10 7 11 31
2 Dhofar 14 9 3 2 22 6 7 5 1 1 13 4 7 4 2 1 9 2 16 30
3 Saham 13 7 2 4 18 16 7 5 0 2 12 7 6 2 2 2 6 9 2 23
4 Sohar 14 6 3 5 22 19 7 3 3 1 10 8 7 3 0 4 12 11 3 21
5 Al-Nahda 13 6 3 4 20 17 7 3 2 2 9 8 6 3 1 2 11 9 3 21
6 Al Nasr 14 5 5 4 15 16 7 2 3 2 10 12 7 3 2 2 5 4 -1 20
7 Al Suwaiq 14 6 2 6 15 17 7 5 0 2 12 6 7 1 2 4 3 11 -2 20
8 Al-Rustaq 13 5 4 4 16 10 7 2 2 3 11 7 6 3 2 1 5 3 6 19
9 Bahla 13 4 6 3 18 16 6 3 1 2 7 5 7 1 5 1 11 11 2 18
10 Fanja 14 4 4 6 21 27 7 2 2 3 11 15 7 2 2 3 10 12 -6 16
11 Muscat 13 4 3 6 15 17 7 3 1 3 9 8 6 1 2 3 6 9 -2 15
12 Oman Club 14 4 2 8 11 19 6 3 2 1 6 4 8 1 0 7 5 15 -8 14
13 Al Oruba 14 2 3 9 9 17 7 2 3 2 5 4 7 0 0 7 4 13 -8 9
14 Mrbat 13 0 4 9 9 25 6 0 2 4 4 11 7 0 2 5 5 14 -16 4

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.