2017/2018
| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Salam | 15 | L1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7/15 | 6-7 |
| Al-Nahda | 15 | D1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6/15 | 8-10 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Salam | 9 | 27 | 33 | -6 | LLLWW | 8 | +1 |
| Al-Nahda | 3 | 27 | 40 | 11 | WWWLD | 2 | +1 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2018-05-18
The table read 9th (Al Salam, 33 pts) against 3rd (Al-Nahda, 40 pts), 7 points apart. Per game in the league, Al Salam were scoring 1.04 and conceding 1.26, Al-Nahda 1.7 and 1.3, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Sohar Regional Sports Complex in Sohar staged the fixture, a ground that holds 19,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Al-Nahda led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.
