The visiting Al-Rustaq side should be favourites in this visit to Al-Shabab Club, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Al-Shabab Club form and stats
When playing at home, Al-Shabab Club have managed 6 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.The fans are hoping that Al-Shabab Club will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Professional League game against Oman Club. Before that, Al-Shabab Club had a home game versus Mrbat which ended with a victory 2-0.
The Al-Shabab Club fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. Al-Shabab Club's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al-Rustaq form and stats
The visitors are W5-D4-L4 on the road this term. In general it has been a productive period now for Al-Rustaq as they haven't lost any of their last ten games. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Al-Rustaq, as they have won on their previous two travels.Al-Rustaq play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Sur. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Mjees.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al-Rustaq as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).
Head 2 Head
Al-Rustaq - Al-Shabab Club 4-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 0 - 2 - 1 (Al-Shabab Club wins - draws - Al-Rustaq wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.Al-Shabab Club missing players
Al-Rustaq missing players
| Al-Shabab Club | Al-Rustaq | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | 4 | 13 | 23 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Lost | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 27 | 14 | 2 | Scored | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 41 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | 1 | 11 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 75% | 85% | 78% |
| 83% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | 25% | 54% | 52% |
| 54% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | 25% | 31% | 39% |
| 17% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 12% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 54% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 35% |
| 12% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 75% | 46% | 48% |
| 33% | 18% | 67% | Failed To Score | 25% | 31% | 39% |
| 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.7 | Corners For (avg) | 4 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | 8 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 2 | 3 |
- Al-Shabab Club have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al-Shabab Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 24-02-19 | | Al-Nahda | 1 - 4 | Al-Shabab Club |
| 02-03-19 | | Al-Shabab Club | 0 - 1 | Al Nasr |
| 28-03-19 | | Al Oruba | 1 - 1 | Al-Shabab Club |
| 05-04-19 | | Al-Shabab Club | 2 - 1 | Muscat |
| 17-04-19 | | Dhofar | 3 - 0 | Al-Shabab Club |
| 25-04-19 | | Al-Shabab Club | 1 - 1 | Sohar |
| 03-05-19 | | Saham | 2 - 1 | Al-Shabab Club |
| 09-05-19 | | Al-Shabab Club | 2 - 0 | Mrbat |
| 18-05-19 | | Oman Club | 1 - 0 | Al-Shabab Club |
| 24-05-19 | | Al-Shabab Club | 18:00 | Al-Rustaq |
| 25-02-19 | | Muscat | 1 - 1 | Al-Rustaq |
| 02-03-19 | | Al-Rustaq | 0 - 0 | Dhofar |
| 12-03-19 | | Sohar | 2 - 2 | Al-Rustaq |
| 05-04-19 | | Al-Rustaq | 0 - 0 | Saham |
| 17-04-19 | | Mrbat | 0 - 1 | Al-Rustaq |
| 24-04-19 | | Al-Rustaq | 5 - 2 | Oman Club |
| 03-05-19 | | Al-Rustaq | 1 - 0 | Mjees |
| 09-05-19 | | Sur | 1 - 2 | Al-Rustaq |
| 19-05-19 | | Al-Rustaq | 18:00 | Al Suwaiq |
| 24-05-19 | | Al-Shabab Club | 18:00 | Al-Rustaq |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Dhofar | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 38 | 57 |
| 2 | Al Nasr | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 41 |
| 3 | Al-Nahda | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Saham | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Al-Rustaq | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 34 |
| 6 | Sohar | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 34 |
| 7 | Al Oruba | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 32 |
| 8 | Al Suwaiq | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | Muscat | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | Oman Club | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -15 | 27 |
| 11 | Mrbat | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -6 | 25 |
| 12 | Al-Shabab Club | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 27 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 28 | -14 | 23 |
| 13 | Sur | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -18 | 19 |
| 14 | Mjees | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 26 | -23 | 17 |
| 15 | Mirbat | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
