Fanja will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 0 points behind Al-Rustaq.
Fanja and Al-Rustaq 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.
Fanja form and stats
The story so far in the Professional League for Fanja, who have the most conceded goals (22) at home in Professional League, at their home stadium (Al-Seeb Stadium) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
In the match before that, Fanja hosted Al Suwaiq and drew the game 2-2.
The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sohar in only four days.
The Fanja fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 12 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.
Al-Rustaq form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Professional League travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Saham with the score of 3-2.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Oruba in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al-Rustaq as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Al-Rustaq as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Al-Rustaq - Fanja 1-1, played this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Fanja, three draws and zero wins for Al-Rustaq. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.Fanja missing players
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| Fanja | Al-Rustaq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 37 | 22 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 30 |
| 39 | 22 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 75% | 83% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 71% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 17% | 29% |
| 46% | 67% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 8% | 17% |
| 17% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 17% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 25% | 42% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 42% | 33% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 58% | 42% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 242 | 146 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 61 | 125 |
| 83 | 52 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 16 | 40 |
| 39% | 42% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 31% | 60% |
- Al-Rustaq has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Professional League
- Fanja has the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Professional League
- Fanja has the most conceded goals (22) at home in Professional League
- Fanja has the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Professional League
- Fanja has the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Professional League
- Fanja has the most matches over the total-line (15) in Professional League
- Fanja have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fanja have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al-Rustaq have scored 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 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 23 | 53 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 30 | 48 |
| 3 | Al-Nahda | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 34 |
| 4 | Al-Rustaq | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Saham | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 33 |
| 6 | Fanja | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 33 |
| 7 | Al Nasr | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 33 |
| 8 | Sohar | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Bahla | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 31 |
| 10 | Muscat | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -1 | 31 |
| 11 | Al Suwaiq | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 29 |
| 12 | Al Oruba | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Oman Club | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -16 | 26 |
| 14 | Mrbat | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -29 | 12 |