Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Muscat languishing in the 11th position so far. The guesting Al Nasr will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Al Nasr have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Muscat form and stats
Muscat have collected 10 points from their Professional League home games so far after 3-1-3.
Muscat lost their last game at Saham (placed 3rd) after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that, Muscat had a home game versus Oman Club which ended with a victory 2-0.
The Muscat fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Muscat's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Nasr form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Al Nasr playing as the away team in the Professional League this season.
Al Nasr delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Al Seeb (placed 1st) in their previous match; a Professional League game. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Dhofar.
A comeback secured a point in the match against Al Seeb. Al Nasr were trailing 0-2 but refused surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with H. Al Habsi scoring the equalizer.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Al Nasr as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Al Nasr - Muscat 2-2 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Muscat victories, 4 draws and 3 Al Nasr wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Muscat missing players
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| Muscat | Al Nasr | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 79% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 29% | 57% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 14% | 36% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 43% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 2.5 | 3 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 108 | 77 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 28 | 92 |
| 29 | 21 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 7 | 32 |
| 52% | 43% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 57% | 44% |
- 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 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 | Sohar | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Bahla | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Al-Nahda | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Al Nasr | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 20 |
| 8 | Al Suwaiq | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 9 | Al-Rustaq | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 10 | Fanja | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | Muscat | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 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 |