National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Oruba or Salalah that keep their silverware dream alive.
These teams have little in common geographically as Salalah have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Al Oruba form and stats
Oruba was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Sultan Cup.Al Oruba have collected 20 points from their Professional League home games so far after 5-5-3.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Ibri.
Oruba are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 13 games. From these home matches, Oruba have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Salalah form and stats
Salalah was sent out of Sultan Cup in the 16th finals last season.Salalah have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Professional League, after 1-1-11 (13 played). A depressing seven defeats in a row for Salalah in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Al-Shabab Club. With the Salalah losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Salalah have conceded 25 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Oruba, one draw and two wins for Salalah. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Al Oruba missing players
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| Al Oruba | Salalah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 11 | 18 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 10 | 21 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 23 | 43 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 48% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | ||
| 104% | 121% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fanja | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 42 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 51 |
| 2 | Al Suwaiq | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 48 |
| 3 | Al Oruba | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 47 |
| 4 | Dhofar | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 39 |
| 5 | Al-Nahda | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 38 |
| 6 | Al Nasr | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 37 |
| 7 | Sohar | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 35 |
| 8 | Saham | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -1 | 33 |
| 9 | Al-Shabab Club | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -11 | 31 |
| 10 | Al-Khabourah | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 30 |
| 11 | Muscat | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 30 |
| 12 | Al-Musannah | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 29 |
| 13 | Sur | 26 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -11 | 21 |
| 14 | Salalah | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 25 | -26 | 14 |