The season has been a struggle for Nizwa so far, and that also applies to Saham. These struggling sides have the opportunity for some vital points here.
- Nizwa have the fewest scored goals (10) in Professional League
- Saham have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Professional League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nizwa and Saham.
Nizwa form and stats
With 3 Professional League wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Nizwa, who have the fewest scored goals (10) in Professional League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Nizwa hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Muscat, Nizwa, Bahla and Al-Ittihad), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Nizwa's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Saham (placed 14th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A late climax in the match against Saham as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by Durate.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al-Musannah (0-3).Nizwa have scored 7 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Saham form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Saham so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-8 (win-draw-lose).
There might be some fixture complaints from Saham as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-2 against Nizwa. Which player has scored four games in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Durate and that is impressive!
Preceding that game was the away victory against Muscat with the score of 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Saham playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were one Saham win, four draws and two defeats.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Saham have conceded 24 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the records show this recent match: Nizwa - Saham 2-1. Head to head numbers (for the last four meetings): Nizwa won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Saham have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / twoNizwa missing players
Saham missing players
| Nizwa | Saham | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 32 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 24 | 32 |
| 77% | 82% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 77% |
| 55% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 91% | 68% |
| 32% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 82% | 45% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 14% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 23% | 27% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 73% | 59% |
| 32% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 9% | 23% |
| 68% | 64% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 41% |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 6.1 | 6.7 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5.4 | 6 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.6 | 6.6 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 26% | 67% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 24% |
| 7.6 | 9.7 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3 | 6.9 | 7.5 |
| 3.1 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
- 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 the worst goal difference (-22) in Professional League
- 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 (5) away in Professional League
- Saham have the most conceded goals (24) away in Professional League
- Saham have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Professional League
- Saham have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| 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 |
