The league table is allowed to rest as Al-Nahda and Al-Ittihad battle for Sultan Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Al-Nahda form and stats
Last season their Sultan Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.The story so far in the Professional League for Al-Nahda at their home stadium (Buraimi Sports Complex) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Al-Nahda are confident in defense, having played 207 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Al-Nahda, who won 1-0 against Sohar. In the match before that, Al-Nahda hosted Al-Ittihad and drew the Professional League game 0-0.
Al-Nahda aren't scoring a lot here at Buraimi Sports Complex in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Al-Nahda have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Al-Ittihad form and stats
Last season their Sultan Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.0 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Al-Ittihad playing as the away team in the Professional League this season. The awayteam now has five consecutive draws when travelling away from home.
Al-Ittihad are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Al-Musannah. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Al-Nahda.
The attacking power of Al-Ittihad when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Al-Ittihad as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Al-Nahda one win, one draw and Al-Ittihad zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Al-Nahda missing players
Al-Ittihad missing players
| Al-Nahda | Al-Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 7 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 57% | 73% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 73% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 14% | 45% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 73% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 27% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 27% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.5 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | ||
| 44% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | ||
| 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 22 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 16 |
| 3 | Al-Musannah | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 4 | Al Suwaiq | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Bahla | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | Al-Rustaq | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Oman Club | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Al-Ittihad | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 10 | Sohar | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 | Nizwa | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 12 | Al-Nahda | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Muscat | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 3 |
| 14 | Saham | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 0 |