The visiting Al-Nahda team are probably the strongest party at Nizwa, as the visitors enjoy a 27 point supremacy from their 22 league fixtures this season.
- Nizwa have the fewest scored goals (10) in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Professional League
It's no vacation for neither Nizwa nor Al-Nahda 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.
Nizwa form and stats
Nizwa's struggle is real here at Nizwa Sports Complex with only 11 points collected from 11 Professional League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-6.
The Nizwa supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Saham and win 2-1.
Prior to that, an away loss at Al-Musannah.Nizwa aren't scoring a lot here at Nizwa Sports Complex in the league, with only 7 goals from 11 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Nizwa have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Al-Nahda form and stats
Playing away, Al-Nahda have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Professional League this season.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Muscat in their previous game.
Prior to that match, the Al-Nahda manager Pereira faced defeat when travelling to Dhofar and losing 0-4.The attacking power of Al-Nahda when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the teams met previously this campaign; Al-Nahda - Nizwa 1-0. Nizwa-Al-Nahda H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Nizwa one win, Al-Nahda one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Nizwa missing players
Al-Nahda missing players
| Nizwa | Al-Nahda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 31 |
| 32 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 77% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 90% | 91% |
| 55% | 64% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 59% |
| 32% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 10% | 32% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 32% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 68% | 64% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 23% |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 6.1 | 6.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5.4 | 6 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.3 | 6.3 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 26% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 43% |
| 7.6 | 9.7 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 3.1 | 2.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
- Al-Nahda have scored more than double the goals of Nizwa.
- Al-Nahda have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Professional League
- Nizwa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nizwa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nizwa have the fewest scored goals (10) in Professional League
- Nizwa have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Professional League
- Nizwa have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Professional League
- Nizwa have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Professional League
- Nizwa have the the worst goal difference (-22) 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 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 28 | 47 |
| 2 | Al-Nahda | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 45 |
| 3 | Dhofar | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 44 |
| 4 | Al-Musannah | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| 6 | Oman Club | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Al-Rustaq | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Al Suwaiq | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Sohar | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 27 |
| 10 | Muscat | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 11 | Nizwa | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | -22 | 18 |
| 12 | Bahla | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 17 |
| 13 | Al-Ittihad | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -21 | 17 |
| 14 | Saham | 22 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -18 | 13 |
