Football tips: Muscat vs Bahla - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Wed 23.December
Match begins: 12:40 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Seeb Stadium (14000 seats)

Only the second game in the Professional League for these teams and it's all to play for here at Al-Seeb Stadium as Muscat welcomes Bahla. Check out this preview!

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!

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Muscat form and stats

This is expected to be a close game, with Muscat perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Muscat as a small favourite), we find nine games. Muscat has won four of these, drawn three and lost two.

Last season, Muscat's league statistics were 9 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Professional League. Over these 26 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 35. Playing at home last season Muscat managed 6-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 11 conceded.

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Bahla form and stats

Bahla have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Professional League were 2 victories, 7 draws and 4 defeats from 13 fixtures.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Bahla in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Bahla, one draw and one defeat.

0 goals so far away for Bahla, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Let's have a look at how Bahla performed last season in the Professional League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 11 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 7 and lost 4 with 15/16 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's seven Muscat victories, zero draws and one Bahla win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Muscat missing players

Bahla missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Muscat Bahla
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 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% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Muscat Last season Bahla
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 26
9 6   Won W   2 8
8 4   Drew D   7 11
9 3   Lost L   4 7
35 18   Scored S   15 33
35 11   Conceded C   16 25
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 85%
73% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 54%
46% 31%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 38%
27% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 27%
12% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
54% 46%   BTTS BTTS   54% 42%
31% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 38%
15% 15%   Failed to Score F T   31% 35%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1
4 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
7.7 9.1   Shots (avg) S (   7.7 4.8
2.5 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 1.7
54% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 77%

  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
2 Dhofar 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Al-Rustaq 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Al Nasr 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Nizwa 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Sohar 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Al Suwaiq 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Al-Nahda 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
9 Oman Club 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
10 Saham 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Muscat 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Bahla 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
13 Al-Ittihad 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
14 Al-Musannah 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 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 Al Seeb 26 16 9 1 38 13 13 8 5 0 19 4 13 8 4 1 19 9 25 57
2 Dhofar 26 15 7 4 44 13 13 7 4 2 22 6 13 8 3 2 22 7 31 52
3 Fanja 26 10 9 7 42 41 13 6 4 3 25 23 13 4 5 4 17 18 1 39
4 Al-Nahda 26 10 8 8 39 36 13 6 3 4 19 16 13 4 5 4 20 20 3 38
5 Al Nasr 26 9 10 7 28 31 13 5 6 2 20 19 13 4 4 5 8 12 -3 37
6 Bahla 26 8 11 7 33 25 13 6 4 3 18 9 13 2 7 4 15 16 8 35
7 Muscat 26 9 8 9 35 35 13 6 4 3 18 11 13 3 4 6 17 24 0 35
8 Al-Rustaq 26 8 9 9 33 30 13 4 5 4 23 17 13 4 4 5 10 13 3 33
9 Saham 26 8 9 9 32 36 13 6 2 5 22 20 13 2 7 4 10 16 -4 33
10 Sohar 26 9 5 12 28 30 13 4 5 4 12 12 13 5 0 8 16 18 -2 32
11 Al Suwaiq 26 9 5 12 27 31 13 6 1 6 15 14 13 3 4 6 12 17 -4 32
12 Al Oruba 26 8 6 12 24 29 13 5 5 3 14 11 13 3 1 9 10 18 -5 30
13 Oman Club 26 7 6 13 21 38 13 5 3 5 9 14 13 2 3 8 12 24 -17 27
14 Mrbat 26 2 6 18 20 56 13 1 3 9 9 23 13 1 3 9 11 33 -36 12

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
2 Dhofar 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Al-Rustaq 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Al Nasr 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Nizwa 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Sohar 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Al Suwaiq 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Al-Nahda 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
9 Oman Club 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
10 Saham 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Muscat 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Bahla 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
13 Al-Ittihad 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
14 Al-Musannah 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0

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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.