Football tips: Mrbat vs Al-Rustaq - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 13:20 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Saada Stadium (12000 seats)

Mrbat hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 4 points and a 14th position in the Professional League table. Visiting Al-Rustaq holds 6th place with 19 pts.

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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Mrbat form and stats

Mrbat's results here at Al-Saada Stadium in the Professional League have been very modest with 0 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for Mrbat who hasn’t won a game in their last 13 attempts. Their previous win was against Al-Rustaq, 110 days ago.

The points were shared in Mrbat's previous game, also at home. Visiting Al-Nahda (placed 5th) travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Al Suwaiq.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mrbat here at Al-Saada Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 6 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mrbat defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Al-Rustaq form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Al-Rustaq playing as the away team in the Professional League this season.

Al-Rustaq are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Al Oruba (placed 13th). A draw for Al-Rustaq before that, at their own venue hosting Fanja (1-1).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al-Rustaq as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. Al-Rustaq are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Al-Rustaq - Mrbat 3-0. Last two meetings between the teams: Mrbat won 0, Al-Rustaq won 2 and 0 draws. 1 game with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.

Mrbat missing players

Al-Rustaq missing players

Mrbat Al-Rustaq
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 6 13
0 0 0 Won W 1 3 5
4 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
9 4 1 Lost L 0 1 4
9 4 1 Scored S 1 5 16
25 11 2 Conceded C 0 3 10
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 67% 85%
85% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 62%
46% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 31%
23% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
54% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 38%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 38%
46% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 38%
 
2.7 3.2 4 Corners For (avg) C F 1.5 1.7 1.8
4.2 4.8 3.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 1.5 2.2 3
1.4 1.6 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.2
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
82 53 24 Total Shots T S 10 38 75
18 13 5 Shots on Target S O 2 11 24
44% 23% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 45% 67%
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Al-Rustaq has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
  • Mrbat has the fewest points (2) at home
  • Mrbat has the most conceded goals (25)
  • Mrbat has the most conceded goals in the first half (11)
  • Mrbat has the the worst goal difference (-16)
  • Mrbat has the the worst goal difference (-7) at home
  • Mrbat have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mrbat have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Mrbat have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mrbat have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Mrbat have yet to win a game.
  • Mrbat haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Mrbat is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  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 13 9 3 1 19 8 7 5 2 0 11 3 6 4 1 1 8 5 11 30
2 Dhofar 13 8 3 2 19 5 7 5 1 1 13 4 6 3 2 1 6 1 14 27
3 Saham 13 7 2 4 18 16 7 5 0 2 12 7 6 2 2 2 6 9 2 23
4 Sohar 13 6 3 4 21 17 7 3 3 1 10 8 6 3 0 3 11 9 4 21
5 Al-Nahda 13 6 3 4 20 17 7 3 2 2 9 8 6 3 1 2 11 9 3 21
6 Al-Rustaq 13 5 4 4 16 10 7 2 2 3 11 7 6 3 2 1 5 3 6 19
7 Al Nasr 13 5 4 4 13 14 6 2 2 2 8 10 7 3 2 2 5 4 -1 19
8 Bahla 13 4 6 3 18 16 6 3 1 2 7 5 7 1 5 1 11 11 2 18
9 Al Suwaiq 13 5 2 6 14 17 6 4 0 2 11 6 7 1 2 4 3 11 -3 17
10 Fanja 13 4 4 5 20 24 6 2 2 2 10 12 7 2 2 3 10 12 -4 16
11 Muscat 13 4 3 6 15 17 7 3 1 3 9 8 6 1 2 3 6 9 -2 15
12 Oman Club 13 4 2 7 11 18 6 3 2 1 6 4 7 1 0 6 5 14 -7 14
13 Al Oruba 13 1 3 9 7 16 6 1 3 2 3 3 7 0 0 7 4 13 -9 6
14 Mrbat 13 0 4 9 9 25 6 0 2 4 4 11 7 0 2 5 5 14 -16 4

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.