Sohar vs Al-Rustaq match guide

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Tue 15.February
Match begins: 13:25 (UTC)
Venue: Sohar Regional Sports Complex (39000 seats)

A traditional home win, the away team steals it or a point each? Anything can happen when the mid-table sides Sohar and Al-Rustaq meet at Sohar Regional Sports Complex.

Insights:
  • Sohar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Al-Rustaq have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Professional League

Al-Rustaq could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Sultan Cup game only four sleeps ago.

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Sohar form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Sohar have to build on here at Sohar Regional Sports Complex in the Professional League. Two home wins in a row for Sohar bring valid hopes of a third.

Sohar's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Oman Club (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Nizwa with a 2-1 scoreline.

Sohar have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sohar Regional Sports Complex with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Sohar are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sohar Regional Sports Complex in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.

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Al-Rustaq form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Al-Rustaq playing as the away team in the Professional League this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Al-Rustaq are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

A draw for Al-Rustaq before that, at their own venue hosting Al-Nahda (1-1).

Al-Rustaq have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Al-Rustaq have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Data for the last seven meetings between these two sides are: four wins for Sohar, one draw and two wins for Al-Rustaq. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Sohar missing players

Al-Rustaq missing players

Sohar Al-Rustaq
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 4 11
5 3 1 Won W 1 2 5
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
4 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
16 9 4 Scored S 2 7 14
19 4 1 Conceded C 1 7 12
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
83% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 73%
58% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 55%
33% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 18%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
58% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 45%
25% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 36%
25% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 27%
 
2 2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 3.8
4.7 6 8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 3.5 3.1
1.4 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.5 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
5.3 6 5 Shots (avg) S ( 4 7 8.3
1.9 1.3 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.5 3.4
54% 75% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 22% 38%
 
6.7 7.7 6 Shots against (avg) S A 2 5 6.1
2 1.7 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 4 2.9
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Al-Rustaq have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al-Rustaq have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Professional League
  • Al-Rustaq haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • All of Al-Rustaq's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Sohar have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Sohar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Dhofar 12 8 2 2 21 7 5 5 0 0 15 2 7 3 2 2 6 5 14 26
2 Al Seeb 12 7 4 1 19 7 6 4 1 1 12 3 6 3 3 0 7 4 12 25
3 Al Nasr 12 6 4 2 13 9 6 3 2 1 8 5 6 3 2 1 5 4 4 22
4 Al-Nahda 12 5 5 2 17 9 7 4 2 1 14 5 5 1 3 1 3 4 8 20
5 Al-Musannah 12 6 2 4 16 11 7 3 2 2 11 7 5 3 0 2 5 4 5 20
6 Al-Rustaq 12 5 4 3 14 12 7 3 2 2 7 5 5 2 2 1 7 7 2 19
7 Sohar 12 5 3 4 16 19 6 3 2 1 9 4 6 2 1 3 7 15 -3 18
8 Oman Club 12 4 4 4 19 15 5 2 1 2 9 3 7 2 3 2 10 12 4 16
9 Al Suwaiq 11 4 3 4 12 9 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 2 1 2 6 4 3 15
10 Bahla 12 2 5 5 11 15 5 1 3 1 7 7 7 1 2 4 4 8 -4 11
11 Muscat 11 3 2 6 9 15 4 1 0 3 4 6 7 2 2 3 5 9 -6 11
12 Al-Ittihad 12 1 4 7 4 19 7 1 2 4 3 9 5 0 2 3 1 10 -15 7
13 Nizwa 12 1 4 7 2 17 6 0 2 4 1 8 6 1 2 3 1 9 -15 7
14 Saham 12 0 6 6 7 16 6 0 5 1 2 3 6 0 1 5 5 13 -9 6

Read more about Professional League

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.