This has the potential to be an intriguing match as Al Suwaiq have their expected home advantage, while Al-Musannah have an edge of 13 points in the Professional League table.
- Al Suwaiq have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al-Musannah have won significantly less corners away then at home.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Al Suwaiq and Al-Musannah should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Suwaiq form and stats
When playing at home in the Professional League, Al Suwaiq have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games. The Suwaiq manager Saadi might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The Al Suwaiq crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Al Seeb here at Al-Seeb Stadium. Al Suwaiq were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Al-Rustaq that finished 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Al Suwaiq perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Suwaiq as a small favourite), we find seven games. Suwaiq has won four of these, drawn zero and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Al Suwaiq as they are travelling to their away game against Saham in the Professional League. That match is four days after this one.
Al Suwaiq have scored 10 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Suwaiq have conceded 13 goals.
Al-Musannah form and stats
The visitors are W6-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Professional League.
The followers enjoyed Al-Musannah's previous game versus Al-Rustaq (placed 7th), a 2-1 win played at home.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Oman Club that ended 0-0.Al-Musannah have another fixture that requires travelling in just four nights, a Professional League match against Al Seeb. A strenuous itinerary for the visiting team!
Al-Musannah find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Al-Musannah as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The sides have played each other already this season, with the result Al-Musannah - Al Suwaiq 2-1 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Suwaiq five wins, two draws and Al-Musannah three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Al Suwaiq missing players
Al-Musannah missing players
| Al Suwaiq | Al-Musannah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 31 |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 87% | 73% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 82% | 87% |
| 65% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 55% | 70% |
| 43% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 45% | 52% |
| 13% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 48% | 45% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 45% | 52% |
| 35% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 45% | 35% |
| 30% | 36% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 26% |
| 5.7 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.9 | 7.3 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 4.6 | 6.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 43% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | 50% |
| 5 | 4.9 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
- Al Suwaiq have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al-Musannah have won significantly less corners away then 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 Seeb | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 32 | 50 |
| 2 | Al-Nahda | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 46 |
| 3 | Dhofar | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 44 |
| 4 | Al-Musannah | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 38 |
| 6 | Oman Club | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Al-Rustaq | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| 8 | Sohar | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 9 | Al Suwaiq | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 28 |
| 10 | Bahla | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 20 |
| 11 | Al-Ittihad | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -20 | 20 |
| 12 | Muscat | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 19 |
| 13 | Nizwa | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | -22 | 19 |
| 14 | Saham | 23 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -17 | 16 |
