National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Salam or Fanja that keep their silverware dream alive.
Al Salam form and stats
Al Salam's results here at Sohar Regional Sports Complex in the Professional League have been very modest with 3 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
The followers hope that Salam will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away defeat in the Sultan Cup fixture against Fanja.
Before that, the Professional League game (at neutral arena) won 3-0 versus Mrbat.Al Salam have scored {10 league goals} here from 14 matches, not a lot.
Fanja form and stats
They also participated in Sultan Cup last season. This ended in the round of 32.Playing away, Fanja have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the Professional League this season.
Two away matches in a row for Fanja, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Al Oruba in the Sultan Cup.
An irritating defeat in the game before, the fixture against Al Nasr in the Sultan Cup; played at a neutral arena.
The visiting Fanja have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 13 games. As opposed to that, Fanja have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the preceeding three meetings): Al Salam won one game, one match ended in a draw and Fanja managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one.
Al Salam missing players
Fanja missing players
| Al Salam | Fanja | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Scored | S | 14 | 36 | ||
| 33 | 11 | Conceded | C | 16 | 42 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 4 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7.7 | 4.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 1.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | ||
| 29% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 49% | ||
| 8.9 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 Suwaiq | 27 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 63 |
| 2 | Al-Shabab Club | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 42 |
| 3 | Al-Nahda | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 40 |
| 4 | Al Nasr | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 38 |
| 5 | Saham | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 36 |
| 6 | Oman Club | 27 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 34 |
| 7 | Al Oruba | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -8 | 34 |
| 8 | Dhofar | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 33 |
| 9 | Al Salam | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | -6 | 33 |
| 10 | Sohar | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 20 | -6 | 33 |
| 11 | Muscat | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 44 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Mrbat | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 35 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 32 |
| 13 | Fanja | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Al-Mudhaibi | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | -7 | 31 |
| 15 | Mirbat | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -3 | 12 |
| 16 | Al Shabab | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 25 | 57 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 31 | 52 |
| 3 | Fanja | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 42 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 39 |
| 4 | Al-Nahda | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 38 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 37 |
| 6 | Bahla | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | Muscat | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -1 | 35 |
| 8 | Al-Rustaq | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 33 |
| 9 | Saham | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 33 |
| 10 | Sohar | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 11 | Al Suwaiq | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 32 |
| 12 | Al Oruba | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Oman Club | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -14 | 27 |
| 14 | Mrbat | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 33 | -36 | 12 |