It's fixture two of the Professional League season and important points to play for. Check out our exhaustive preview of Bahla-Al-Rustaq!
This could be an exciting game with lots of fun and energy as both sides are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Bahla form and stats
In the previous season, Bahla's league stats were 3 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss, producing 6th spot in the Professional League. Over these ten matches they scored 10 goals and conceded 9. Performing as the home side in the previous season Bahla generated 2-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 3 conceded.
The Bahla goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 293 minutes without conceding a goal in the Professional League.
A good away victory last time out for Bahla, who won 1-0 against Oman Club (placed 12th).
Preceding that game was the away draw at Oman Club that finished 0-0.Bahla are traveling soon after this match as the Professional League match at Al Suwaiq awaits in four days.
Al-Rustaq form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al-Rustaq performed last season in the Professional League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 9 and conceded 9 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 5/4 goals scored/conceded. One match played away so far in the Professional League for Al-Rustaq and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from 5 games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Al-Ittihad (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The Professional League match ended in a draw 2-2.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Al-Musannah.Al-Rustaq have another fixture away from home in just four days, a Professional League fixture vs Al Nasr. A grim schedule for the visitors!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al-Rustaq has managed 2 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the previous three meetings): Bahla won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Al-Rustaq got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / threeBahla missing players
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| Bahla | Al-Rustaq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Bahla | Last season | Al-Rustaq | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 10 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 60% | ||
| 30% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 30% | ||
| 10% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 10% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 30% | ||
| 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 30% | ||
| 30% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 60% | ||
| 3.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6.6 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8 | ||
| 2.2 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 36% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Nasr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Bahla | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Al-Ittihad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Al-Rustaq | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Al Seeb | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Al Suwaiq | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Saham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Sohar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Nizwa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Oman Club | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Al-Musannah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Muscat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 22 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 20 |
| 3 | Al-Musannah | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Al Nasr | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Al Suwaiq | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Bahla | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Al-Rustaq | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Al-Ittihad | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | Oman Club | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Sohar | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 11 | Nizwa | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 12 | Al-Nahda | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Muscat | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -13 | 3 |
| 14 | Saham | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -13 | 0 |