Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Bahla 5th with 40 points, Al-Rustaq 14th with 15, 25 apart. Against a league average of 1.25 goals per team per game, Al-Rustaq ran at 0.92 scored and 1.77 conceded, Bahla at 1.5 and 1.23.
Four consecutive defeats weighed on Al-Rustaq. Momentum sat with Bahla, winners of their last four. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Al-Rustaq against 12/15 for Bahla.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 2 for Al-Rustaq, 2 for Bahla and 3 drawn, at 1.71 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 29% of the meetings went to the host. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 29% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Ibri Youth Complex, with room for 3,000 spectators. Bahla led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Bahla: Luke Vikeme Ndifon (26')
Key stats
Possession: Al-Rustaq 64% · Bahla 36% · On target: 5-1 · Corners: 5-3