Professional League match preview: Muscat versus Al-Nahda

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Fri 28.February
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Seeb Stadium (14000 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Professional League table so far. Here's the Muscat - Al-Nahda latest:

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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Muscat form and stats

When playing at home in the Professional League, Muscat have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. Two home wins in a row for Muscat bring valid hopes of a third.

Muscat are confident in defense, having played 205 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Happy days for Muscat in their previous game, a Professional League match away at Al Suwaiq (placed 12th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Muscat won a home game hosting Bahla (1-0).

The Muscat fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. Muscat are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al-Seeb Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.

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Al-Nahda form and stats

Playing away, Al-Nahda have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Professional League this season.

Al-Nahda delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Al Seeb (placed 1st) in their previous match; a Professional League game. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Dhofar in the Sultan Cup.

Al-Nahda find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Al-Nahda have conceded 15 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Al-Nahda - Muscat 2-1 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Muscat won two, Al-Nahda won seven and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Muscat missing players

Al-Nahda missing players

Muscat Al-Nahda
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 9 19
7 5 1 Won W 0 3 7
5 2 0 Drew D 1 2 5
8 3 1 Lost L 2 4 7
24 12 1 Scored S 1 12 25
25 9 1 Conceded C 3 15 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
70% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 78% 79%
40% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 56% 63%
25% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 26%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 11%
55% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 67% 74%
30% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 5%
15% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 26%
 
2.4 2.6 2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4.1 4.4
4.1 4.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.4 4.3
1.7 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.3 1.6
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
143 91 24 Total Shots T S 8 64 161
40 26 3 Shots on Target S O 1 24 53
57% 46% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 50% 43%
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Al-Nahda has the fewest clean sheets (1)
  • Al-Nahda have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Al-Nahda haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Muscat 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 20 13 6 1 32 11 10 7 3 0 16 3 10 6 3 1 16 8 21 45
2 Dhofar 20 12 5 3 33 10 10 6 3 1 18 5 10 6 2 2 15 5 23 41
3 Saham 20 8 8 4 28 25 10 6 2 2 19 13 10 2 6 2 9 12 3 32
4 Al Nasr 20 7 8 5 23 24 10 3 5 2 15 16 10 4 3 3 8 8 -1 29
5 Sohar 19 8 3 8 26 23 9 4 3 2 11 9 10 4 0 6 15 14 3 27
6 Bahla 20 6 9 5 21 20 10 5 2 3 9 7 10 1 7 2 12 13 1 27
7 Muscat 20 7 5 8 24 25 10 5 2 3 12 9 10 2 3 5 12 16 -1 26
8 Al-Nahda 19 7 5 7 25 28 10 4 3 3 13 13 9 3 2 4 12 15 -3 26
9 Al-Rustaq 20 6 7 7 21 18 10 3 4 3 15 10 10 3 3 4 6 8 3 25
10 Fanja 20 6 7 7 31 35 10 4 3 3 19 20 10 2 4 4 12 15 -4 25
11 Oman Club 19 6 5 8 18 24 9 5 3 1 9 5 10 1 2 7 9 19 -6 23
12 Al Suwaiq 19 6 3 10 17 26 10 5 1 4 13 11 9 1 2 6 4 15 -9 21
13 Al Oruba 20 3 5 12 13 25 10 3 4 3 8 9 10 0 1 9 5 16 -12 14
14 Mrbat 20 2 6 12 18 36 10 1 3 6 8 15 10 1 3 6 10 21 -18 12

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.