2012/2013| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oman Club | 3 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6/9 | 5-2 |
| Al Shabab | 15 | L2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6/15 | 6-10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oman Club | 13 | 26 | 24 | -13 | LWLLL | 12 | +1 |
| Al Shabab | 8 | 26 | 33 | 0 | WDLWW | 3 | +5 |
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 2013-04-20
9 points and 5 places separated them: Oman Club 13th with 24, Al Shabab 8th with 33. Al Shabab ranked 3rd in the league on five-round form, well above their 8th table position. Per game in the league, Oman Club were scoring 0.96 and conceding 1.46, Al Shabab 1.19 and 1.19, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex in Muscat (capacity 34,000).
