Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Al-Nahda (2nd, 53 pts) held a 34-point advantage over Muscat (14th, 19 pts). Per game in the league, Al-Nahda were scoring 1.35 and conceding 0.65, Muscat 0.88 and 1.38, against a competition average of 1.11 goals per team per game.
Al-Nahda arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Muscat had been beaten in three straight games. Over the last five, Al-Nahda had taken 13 of 15 points to Muscat's 4.
Across 5 recorded meetings, Al-Nahda have 3 wins to Muscat's 0, with 2 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 0% of meetings won. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 20% of the meetings went over two goals.
Al Nahdha Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 17,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Al-Nahda led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Al-Nahda: K. Al-Qarra (2'), K. Al-Qarra (47') · Muscat: M. Al-Wahaibi (74')