The path has mostly gone uphill for Nizwa so far, and that also applies to Al-Ittihad. These hardened teams pray for some much needed points here.
- Nizwa have the fewest scored goals (12) in Professional League
- Al-Ittihad have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Professional League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nizwa form and stats
Nizwa's results here at Nizwa Sports Complex in the Professional League have been very modest with 3 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. When Nizwa hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Muscat, Bahla, Nizwa and Saham), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
The club members are hoping that Nizwa will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-5 away loss in the game against Sohar (placed 7th). A goal frenzy last time out for Nizwa, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Sohar. Fun stuff to watch!
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Al-Nahda that ended 0-0.There will be little rest for Nizwa after this match as they are travelling to Bahla for a Professional League game in only four days.
Nizwa have scored 7 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Nizwa have conceded 13 goals.
Al-Ittihad form and stats
Playing away, Al-Ittihad have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Professional League this season. Al-Ittihad love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Al-Ittihad played 0-0 against Muscat in their previous match.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Dhofar.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Oman Club in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al-Ittihad as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Al-Ittihad struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Al-Ittihad - Nizwa 0-1 was the outcome when this pair of sides formerly met, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Nizwa wins - draws - Al-Ittihad wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Nizwa missing players
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| Nizwa | Al-Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 12 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 17 |
| 37 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 37 |
| 75% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 54% | 58% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 42% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 21% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 12% |
| 25% | 25% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 42% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 67% | 67% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 54% |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 6.1 | 6.7 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5.4 | 6 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 26% | 67% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 62% | 35% |
| 7.6 | 9.7 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6.4 | 7.3 |
| 3.1 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
- Al-Ittihad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al-Ittihad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al-Ittihad have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Professional League
- Nizwa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nizwa have the fewest scored goals (12) in Professional League
- Nizwa have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Professional League
- Nizwa have the the worst goal difference (-25) in Professional League
| 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 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 33 | 53 |
| 2 | Al-Nahda | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 49 |
| 3 | Dhofar | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 47 |
| 4 | Al-Musannah | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 42 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 38 |
| 6 | Al-Rustaq | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 34 |
| 7 | Sohar | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 33 |
| 8 | Oman Club | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Al Suwaiq | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 10 | Al-Ittihad | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -20 | 21 |
| 11 | Bahla | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 20 |
| 12 | Muscat | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 20 |
| 13 | Nizwa | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 24 | -25 | 19 |
| 14 | Saham | 24 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 16 |
