There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Professional League table so far. Here's the Al Suwaiq - Al-Rustaq latest:
Al Suwaiq and Al-Rustaq 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
Al Suwaiq are steadily winning Professional League games and points here. 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 7 games. Ever since the Al Seeb game Al Suwaiq has been unbeatable here producing four straight wins.
Al Suwaiq lost their last game at Al-Nahda (placed 4th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Oman Club in a game that was won 1-0.
Al Suwaiq have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 12 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Al Suwaiq have conceded only 6 goals.
Al-Rustaq form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Professional League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Al-Rustaq are looking to quickly end their 356 minutes long goal drought in the Professional League.
Al-Rustaq delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Bahla (placed 5th) in their previous match; a Professional League game. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Mrbat's place.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Al-Rustaq are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Al-Rustaq - Al Suwaiq 1-1 earlier this season. Al Suwaiq-Al-Rustaq H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Al Suwaiq 2 wins, Al-Rustaq 0 wins, 3 draws. 0 of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Suwaiq missing players
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| Al Suwaiq | Al-Rustaq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 71% | 80% |
| 80% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 60% |
| 47% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 47% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 27% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 57% | 40% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 47% |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 117 | 46 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 55 | 96 |
| 38 | 17 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 16 | 29 |
| 37% | 59% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 31% | 55% |
- Al Suwaiq have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Suwaiq have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al-Rustaq have scored away.
- Al Suwaiq have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Suwaiq haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Al-Rustaq has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 32 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 30 |
| 3 | Saham | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| 4 | Al-Nahda | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | Bahla | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Sohar | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Al Nasr | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Al-Rustaq | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Al Suwaiq | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Fanja | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Muscat | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 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 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 7 |