Professional League match preview and statistics: Bahla fight Al Oruba

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Date: Wed 04.December
Match begins: 12:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ibri Youth Complex (15000 seats)

With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Bahla fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Al Oruba.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Bahla form and stats

Overall Professional League stats at home this season for Bahla are 2-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).

The home team returns to Ibri Youth Complex after sharing the points with Fanja (placed 5th) on their last time out; the Professional League game ended 3-3. Before that game, the home loss against Al Nasr with the scoreline 0-1.

There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a point. A goal frenzy last time out for Bahla, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Fanja. Fun stuff to watch!

Bahla have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. Defensively Bahla have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Oruba form and stats

The manager is not happy with the away performances in the Professional League so far, as all 5 matches have been lost. A depressing five defeats in a row for Al Oruba in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Sohar.

Al Oruba have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 225 minutes ago. A. Marzouki was the goal scorer.

Al Oruba's last game was the home draw against Mrbat (0-0). A 0-1 defeat away at Oman Club before that.

Al Oruba are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 5 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Al Oruba have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: 1 - 1 - 5 (Bahla wins - draws - Al Oruba wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Bahla missing players

Al Oruba missing players

Bahla Al Oruba
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 2 5 9
2 2 1 Won W 0 0 0
5 1 1 Drew D 0 0 2
2 1 0 Lost L 2 5 7
12 3 2 Scored S 1 2 3
12 2 1 Conceded C 3 8 11
89% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 78%
56% 25% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 44%
56% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 33%
44% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 33%
22% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 22%
33% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 60% 67%
 
2.2 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 3 2.8 3.9
3 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 3.8 3.5
0.9 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
40 0 0 Total Shots T S 8 20 50
18 0 0 Shots on Target S O 3 7 10
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 30%
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Al Oruba has the fewest points (0) away
  • Al Oruba has the fewest scored goals (3)
  • Al Oruba has the most matches under the total-line (5)
  • Al Oruba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Al Oruba have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Al Oruba have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Al Oruba have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Oruba have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Al Oruba haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Bahla have scored more than double the goals of Al Oruba.
  • 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 9 6 2 1 12 7 5 3 2 0 6 3 4 3 0 1 6 4 5 20
2 Dhofar 8 5 2 1 13 3 4 4 0 0 10 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 10 17
3 Saham 9 5 2 2 12 9 5 4 0 1 8 5 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 17
4 Sohar 9 5 1 3 15 10 5 3 1 1 8 6 4 2 0 2 7 4 5 16
5 Fanja 9 4 3 2 15 13 4 2 2 0 7 5 5 2 1 2 8 8 2 15
6 Al Nasr 8 4 2 2 10 8 3 2 1 0 7 5 5 2 1 2 3 3 2 14
7 Al-Nahda 9 4 2 3 13 12 5 2 2 1 7 6 4 2 0 2 6 6 1 14
8 Oman Club 9 4 0 5 9 11 4 3 0 1 4 2 5 1 0 4 5 9 -2 12
9 Bahla 9 2 5 2 12 12 4 2 1 1 3 2 5 0 4 1 9 10 0 11
10 Al-Rustaq 9 3 2 4 8 8 5 1 1 3 5 5 4 2 1 1 3 3 0 11
11 Muscat 8 3 1 4 10 11 5 2 1 2 7 7 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 10
12 Al Suwaiq 9 2 2 5 8 14 4 2 0 2 6 5 5 0 2 3 2 9 -6 8
13 Al Oruba 9 0 2 7 3 11 4 0 2 2 1 3 5 0 0 5 2 8 -8 2
14 Mrbat 8 0 2 6 7 18 4 0 1 3 3 9 4 0 1 3 4 9 -11 2

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.