Very important battle in the "wrong" end of the Professional League, with both Muscat and Saham experiencing more worry than pleasure. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosts at 10th and the away team in 14th place.
- Muscat have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Professional League
- Saham have the fewest points (2) away in Professional League
It's no vacation for neither Muscat nor Saham as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Muscat form and stats
With 3 Professional League wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Muscat are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Muscat hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Muscat, Nizwa, Bahla and Al-Ittihad), they have won 2 of 2 matches!
The Muscat crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Al-Musannah here at Royal Oman Police Stadium.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Al Suwaiq.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Muscat have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Muscat as they are travelling to their away game against Al-Nahda in the Professional League. That match is four days after this one.
Muscat are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded. Muscat has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Saham form and stats
There's been little loot from Saham's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 9 away games in the Professional League. Saham only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws. Saham are desperate to end a 20-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Al Seeb fixture.
Saham played 1-1 against Dhofar in their previous match.
Prior to that match, the Saham manager faced defeat when travelling to Al Nasr and losing 1-3.We have checked recent matches where Saham have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were one victory, zero draws and six defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Professional League trip to Nizwa.
The attacking power of Saham when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Saham have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Saham - Muscat 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Muscat four wins, two draws and Saham four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Muscat missing players
Saham missing players
| Muscat | Saham | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 18 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 27 | 16 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 21 | 29 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 75% |
| 70% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 89% | 65% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 78% | 40% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 55% |
| 30% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 11% | 25% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 45% |
| 4.3 | 4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5.2 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.6 | 6.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 52% | 75% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 24% |
| 5.6 | 4.1 | 2.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3 | 6.9 | 7.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
- Muscat have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Muscat have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Professional League
- Muscat have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Professional League
- Muscat have the most conceded goals (16) at home in Professional League
- Muscat have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Professional League
- Muscat have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Professional League
- Muscat haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Saham have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Saham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Saham have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Saham have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Professional League
- Saham have the fewest points (2) away in Professional League
- Saham have the most conceded goals (21) away in Professional League
- Saham have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Professional League
- Saham have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Saham have yet to win a 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 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | Al-Nahda | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Dhofar | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 40 |
| 4 | Al-Musannah | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 34 |
| 6 | Al-Rustaq | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Oman Club | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 27 |
| 8 | Al Suwaiq | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Sohar | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 25 |
| 10 | Muscat | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 19 |
| 11 | Nizwa | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -20 | 15 |
| 12 | Bahla | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 13 | Al-Ittihad | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -22 | 14 |
| 14 | Saham | 20 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -18 | 10 |
