National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Salalah or Muscat that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Salalah nor Muscat as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Muscat have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Salalah form and stats
Salalah participated in Sultan Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Professional League this season. Salalah have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Al-Saada Stadium. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Salalah with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Fanja game, 2085 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Salalah drew their last game, also a home match. Muscat was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
Preceding that match was the home Sultan Cup game against Al Oruba that was lost 0-2.Salalah aren't scoring a lot here at Al-Saada Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 13 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Salalah defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Muscat form and stats
Muscat's mission in Sultan Cup last season failed in the 16th finals.Still no away game victory in the Professional League for Muscat with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Muscat, who have now gone 14 games without a victory. The Oman Club game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Muscat are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Salalah.
A loss against Oman Club was the result prior to that, in a Professional League home game.Muscat have the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Previous four meetings with these teams: Salalah won zero, Muscat were winners in three and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.Salalah missing players
Muscat missing players
| Salalah | Muscat | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 9 | 21 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Conceded | C | 19 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 44% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.3 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.6 | 7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.4 | ||
| 40% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 35% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.2 | 7.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 |