Professional League: High-level against second-rate, at least according to the table. Al Suwaiq - Sur. Home victory or a surprise?
- Al Suwaiq is in the best form (5-1-0) in Professional League
- Sur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Al Suwaiq and Sur 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
Home games in the Professional League have been a walk in the park for Al Suwaiq so far, with 23 points won from 9 matches; 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
The Suwaiq manager Saadi and his pawns return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Al-Bashaeer (placed 13th). Opportunity lost for Al Suwaiq in the Al-Bashaeer match as a lead 4-2 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Al-Nahda that ended 1-1.It should be taken into account that a peek at the 18 latest league games reveals that 15 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The Al Suwaiq fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Al Suwaiq have only let in {1 goals} at home. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sur form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sur so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Sur are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Sur are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the fixture against Sohar (placed 7th). Yippee; their first win in the league after six matches not winning.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Oman Club.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sur as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sur have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Al Suwaiq have not lost in the last 7 fixtures (5-2-0) versus Sur.Al Suwaiq and Sur have duelled already this season: Sur - Suwaiq 1-2.
Al Suwaiq missing players
Sur missing players
| Al Suwaiq | Sur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 89% | 89% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 47% | 33% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 37% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 32% |
| 58% | 89% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 32% |
| 32% | 11% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 47% |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.9 | 4 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.2 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 8.1 | 5.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| 62% | 90% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 50% |
| 3.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.6 | 5.9 |
| 1.5 | 0.6 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 2.7 |
- Al Suwaiq have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Suwaiq have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Al Suwaiq have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Professional League
- Al Suwaiq is in the best form (5-1-0) in Professional League
- Sur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sur have won significantly more corners away than 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-Nahda | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Al Suwaiq | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 39 |
| 3 | Al-Rustaq | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 35 |
| 4 | Oman Club | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Bahla | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Al Seeb | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Sohar | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 29 |
| 8 | Dhofar | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Al-Musannah | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Al Nasr | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Sur | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Al-Ittihad | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -12 | 16 |
| 13 | Al-Bashaeer | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -18 | 9 |
| 14 | Al Oruba | 19 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 7 |
