The visiting Bahla side should be favourites in this visit to Muscat, as the away team holds a 6 point advantage from their 18 league games this season.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Muscat form and stats
Overall Professional League stats at home this season for Muscat are 4-2-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Muscat drew their last game, 2-2 away at Mrbat (placed 14th). Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Al Oruba.
Muscat has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Muscat have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Bahla form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Professional League travels is 1 win, 7 draws and 1 defeat. It's three draws from Bahla's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Bahla failed to get anything from their last game, a Professional League home match vs Al Seeb (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2. A 1-1 draw at Dhofar's stadium before that.
Bahla find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. 12 goals have been conceded by Bahla in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Bahla - Muscat 2-1. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's six Muscat victories, zero draws and one Bahla win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Muscat missing players
Bahla missing players
| Muscat | Bahla | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 21 |
| 25 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 78% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 56% |
| 44% | 22% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 39% |
| 28% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 28% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 61% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 33% |
| 17% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.7 | 3 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 128 | 79 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 67 | 78 |
| 36 | 23 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 31 | 32 |
| 58% | 48% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 39% | 66% |
- Bahla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bahla have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- 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 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Saham | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Bahla | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 5 | Al-Nahda | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Sohar | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Fanja | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 8 | Al Nasr | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 23 |
| 9 | Al-Rustaq | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 10 | Al Suwaiq | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | Muscat | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 20 |
| 12 | Oman Club | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Al Oruba | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 14 | Mrbat | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -17 | 11 |