Season ticket holders at Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Muscat languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Al-Rustaq will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Muscat has the fewest scored goals (3) in Professional League
- Al-Rustaq haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Sultan Cup game only three days ago.
Muscat form and stats
Muscat have played three Professional League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
No payout for Muscat in their previous match, an away game at Sohar that ended in defeat 1-2. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Al-Ittihad.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Muscat have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost three.
Muscat have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Muscat have conceded 4 goals.
Al-Rustaq form and stats
Al-Rustaq are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Professional League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Sultan Cup match played at their home ground Ibri Youth Complex. Al-Rustaq suffered a 0-2 loss to Dhofar (placed 1st). It was a Professional League defeat before that one as the away game against Al Seeb wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Al-Rustaq in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Al-Rustaq, zero draws and three defeats.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 3 goals have been conceded by Al-Rustaq in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Muscat won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Al-Rustaq has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / twoMuscat missing players
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| Muscat | Al-Rustaq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 9.5 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 6.8 |
| 1.8 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 29% |
- Al-Rustaq haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Muscat's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Muscat has the fewest scored goals (3) in Professional League
- Muscat has the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Professional League
- Muscat have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Muscat have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Muscat have yet to win a game.
- 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 | Dhofar | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | Al Seeb | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 16 |
| 3 | Al Suwaiq | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Al-Musannah | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Al-Rustaq | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Al Nasr | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Oman Club | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Sohar | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Al-Ittihad | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | Al-Nahda | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 11 | Bahla | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | Nizwa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 13 | Saham | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -10 | 3 |
| 14 | Muscat | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 2 |