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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!
Mrbat form and stats
The fans are hoping that Mrbat will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Professional League game against Al-Rustaq (placed 1st). Before that, Mrbat drew at home versus Al Oruba.
Last season, Mrbat's league statistics were 7 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the Professional League. Over these 23 matches they scored 22 goals and conceded 32. Playing at home last season Mrbat managed 4-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 16 conceded.
Sohar form and stats
Sohar won their last game, 2-0 versus Al Oruba played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Dhofar.
Let's have a look at how Sohar performed last season in the Professional League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 7 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 34 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 12/18 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Mrbat-Sohar H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Mrbat 3 wins, Sohar 1 win, 0 draws. 2 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Mrbat missing players
Sohar missing players
| Mrbat | Sohar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistics | Stat | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mrbat | Last season | Sohar | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Scored | S | 12 | 37 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 91% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 65% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 73% | ||
| 43% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 46% | ||
| 22% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 27% | ||
| 9% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 15% | ||
| 43% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 58% | ||
| 22% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 23% | ||
| 43% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 23% | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
- Sohar have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sohar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 24-04-19 | | Sur | 0 - 2 | Mrbat |
| 04-05-19 | | Mrbat | 0 - 2 | Al Suwaiq |
| 09-05-19 | | Al-Shabab Club | 2 - 0 | Mrbat |
| 18-05-19 | | Mrbat | 1 - 3 | Al-Nahda |
| 24-05-19 | | Al Nasr | 4 - 0 | Mrbat |
| 28-05-19 | | Mrbat | 3 - 3 | Al Oruba |
| 15-09-19 | | Al-Rustaq | 3 - 0 | Mrbat |
| 21-09-19 | | Mrbat | 13:40 | Sohar |
| 04-10-19 | | Mrbat | 15:35 | Al Seeb |
| 17-12-19 | | Dhofar | 18:10 | Mrbat |
| 25-04-19 | | Al-Shabab Club | 1 - 1 | Sohar |
| 03-05-19 | | Sohar | 1 - 0 | Al-Nahda |
| 09-05-19 | | Al Nasr | 1 - 1 | Sohar |
| 18-05-19 | | Sohar | 2 - 0 | Al Oruba |
| 23-05-19 | | Muscat | 2 - 3 | Sohar |
| 28-05-19 | | Sohar | 0 - 2 | Dhofar |
| 15-09-19 | | Sohar | 2 - 0 | Al Oruba |
| 21-09-19 | | Mrbat | 13:40 | Sohar |
| 27-09-19 | | Sohar | 18:00 | Bahla |
| 03-10-19 | | Al Suwaiq | 15:30 | Sohar |
| 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-Rustaq | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Saham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Sohar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Oman Club | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Al-Nahda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Bahla | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Dhofar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Fanja | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Al Nasr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Al Seeb | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Al Suwaiq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Muscat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Al Oruba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Mrbat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | Dhofar | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 57 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 46 | 66 |
| 2 | Al Nasr | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 50 |
| 3 | Al-Nahda | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 43 |
| 4 | Al Suwaiq | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Al-Rustaq | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | Saham | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -2 | 38 |
| 7 | Sohar | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 37 |
| 8 | Al Oruba | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 9 | Muscat | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 30 |
| 10 | Oman Club | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -17 | 27 |
| 11 | Mrbat | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 26 |
| 12 | Al-Shabab Club | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 30 | -16 | 24 |
| 13 | Sur | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -22 | 20 |
| 14 | Mjees | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 26 | -27 | 17 |
| 15 | Mirbat | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Bookmaker | Home | Draw | Away |
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