Bahla vs Sohar: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Date: Sat 25.January
Match begins: 13:10 (UTC)

Bahla and Sohar have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Professional League.

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

Overall Professional League stats at home this season for Bahla are 4-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).

An away draw last time out for Bahla, facing Al-Rustaq in a game that ended 0-0. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Al-Nahda.

The Bahla fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. From these home matches, Bahla have conceded only 5 goals.

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Sohar form and stats

Playing away, Sohar, who have the most scored goals (12) away in Professional League, have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the Professional League this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Sohar, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Al Oruba (placed 13th). Prior to that result Sohar won their away game at Fanja. The scoreline was 3-1.

The travelling fans enjoy Sohar's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. Sohar have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sohar - Bahla 2-2 earlier this season.

Bahla missing players

Sohar missing players

Bahla Sohar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 2 7 14
5 4 0 Won W 1 3 6
7 1 1 Drew D 0 0 3
3 2 2 Lost L 1 4 5
19 8 1 Scored S 3 12 22
16 5 3 Conceded C 3 11 19
87% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
53% 43% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 86%
47% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 86% 64%
33% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 36%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
53% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 64%
33% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 21%
27% 29% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 14%
 
2 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 5.5 4.7
2.6 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 5.5 3.8
1 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.8 1.9
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
59 0 0 Total Shots T S 27 64 76
25 0 0 Shots on Target S O 6 24 32
76% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 46% 66%
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Bahla have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Sohar has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
  • Sohar has the most scored goals (12) away
  • Sohar have created more than twice as many corners as Bahla.
  • Sohar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sohar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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

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.