Professional League match preview and statistics: Bahla fight Al-Nahda

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)

Bahla will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Al-Nahda.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Bahla form and stats

When playing at home in the Professional League, Bahla have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.

Bahla drew their last game, 1-1 away at Oman Club (placed 11th). Before that match, a win away at Mrbat.

The Bahla fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Bahla have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al-Nahda form and stats

Playing away, Al-Nahda have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the Professional League this season. Al-Nahda love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Al-Nahda won their last game, 4-1 versus Sur played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Al Oruba.

Al-Nahda have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 10 goals from 5 away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Al-Nahda have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Al-Nahda - Bahla 2-2. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: 0 - 2 - 5 (Bahla wins - draws - Al-Nahda wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Bahla missing players

Al-Nahda missing players

Bahla Al-Nahda
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 5 1 Played P 2 5 12
4 3 1 Won W 1 3 6
6 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
17 6 1 Scored S 4 10 19
14 3 0 Conceded C 3 8 16
92% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
58% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 75%
50% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 80% 75%
42% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 25%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 40% 17%
58% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 75%
25% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
25% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 25%
 
2.3 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 5.5 6 4.8
2.9 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 8.5 5.2 4.9
0.9 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
56 0 0 Total Shots T S 16 45 110
23 0 0 Shots on Target S O 7 19 38
74% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 53% 45%
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Al-Nahda has the fewest matches under the total-line (2)
  • Al-Nahda has the most matches over the total-line (8)
  • Al-Nahda has the most points from losing position (10)
  • Al-Nahda has the most scored goals in the second half (14)
  • Al-Nahda have created more than twice as many corners as Bahla.
  • Al-Nahda have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Al-Nahda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al-Nahda have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Al-Nahda haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Bahla have won significantly less corners at home than 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 12 8 3 1 18 8 7 5 2 0 11 3 5 3 1 1 7 5 10 27
2 Dhofar 12 7 3 2 17 5 7 5 1 1 13 4 5 2 2 1 4 1 12 24
3 Saham 12 7 2 3 18 15 6 5 0 1 12 6 6 2 2 2 6 9 3 23
4 Al-Nahda 12 6 2 4 19 16 7 3 2 2 9 8 5 3 0 2 10 8 3 20
5 Al Nasr 12 5 4 3 13 12 5 2 2 1 8 8 7 3 2 2 5 4 1 19
6 Al-Rustaq 12 5 3 4 16 10 7 2 2 3 11 7 5 3 1 1 5 3 6 18
7 Bahla 12 4 6 2 17 14 5 3 1 1 6 3 7 1 5 1 11 11 3 18
8 Sohar 12 5 3 4 18 16 7 3 3 1 10 8 5 2 0 3 8 8 2 18
9 Fanja 12 4 4 4 19 21 5 2 2 1 9 9 7 2 2 3 10 12 -2 16
10 Al Suwaiq 12 4 2 6 12 16 6 4 0 2 11 6 6 0 2 4 1 10 -4 14
11 Oman Club 12 4 2 6 11 16 6 3 2 1 6 4 6 1 0 5 5 12 -5 14
12 Muscat 12 3 3 6 13 17 6 2 1 3 7 8 6 1 2 3 6 9 -4 12
13 Al Oruba 12 1 2 9 7 16 5 1 2 2 3 3 7 0 0 7 4 13 -9 5
14 Mrbat 12 0 3 9 8 24 5 0 1 4 3 10 7 0 2 5 5 14 -16 3

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.