Oman
1 - 2
Bahrain

Rahman Al Mushaifri (17')
Al Alawi (46'), Al Sabhi (90+11'), Al-Rushaidi (90+3')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Marhoon (79' pen.), Saleh Ali Al Musalami (80' og.)
Al Shamsan (43'), Al Romaihi (56'), Al-Humaidan (83')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Gulf Cup of Nations clash between Oman and Bahrain, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Oman

All competitions

Gulf Cup of Nations

Last Game: Oman 2-1 Saudi Arabia
Tuesday, December 31 at 2.30pm in Gulf Cup of Nations

Current Third Round Group B Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	South Korea	0	0	0
2	Iraq	0	0	0
3	Jordan	0	0	0
4	Oman	0	0	0
5	Kuwait	0	0	0
6	Palestine	0	0	0

Bahrain

All competitions

Gulf Cup of Nations

Last Game: Bahrain 1-0 Kuwait
Tuesday, December 31 at 5.45pm in Gulf Cup of Nations

Current Third Round Group C Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Japan	0	0	0
2	Australia	0	0	0
3	Saudi Arabia	0	0	0
4	China	0	0	0
5	Bahrain	0	0	0
6	Indonesia	0	0	0

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Oman win with a probability of 46.53%. A draw had a probability of 28.7% and a win for Bahrain had a probability of 24.74%.

The most likely scoreline for a Oman win was 1-0 with a probability of 15.16%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.73%) and 2-1 (8.3%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.92%), while for a Bahrain win it was 0-1 (10.06%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 5.5% likelihood.

Result
Oman	Draw	Bahrain
46.53% ( 0.05)	28.73% ( -0.02)	24.74% ( -0.03)

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Liverpool	38	25	9	4	86	41	45	84
2	Arsenal	38	20	14	4	69	34	35	74
3	Manchester City Man City	38	21	8	9	72	44	28	71
4	Chelsea	38	20	9	9	64	43	21	69
5	Newcastle United Newcastle	38	20	6	12	68	47	21	66
6	Aston Villa	38	19	9	10	58	51	7	66
7	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	38	19	8	11	58	46	12	65
8	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	38	16	13	9	66	59	7	61
9	Bournemouth	38	15	11	12	58	46	12	56
10	Brentford	38	16	8	14	66	57	9	56
11	Fulham	38	15	9	14	54	54	0	54
12	Crystal Palace	38	13	14	11	51	51	0	53
13	Everton	38	11	15	12	42	44	-2	48
14	West Ham United West Ham	38	11	10	17	46	62	-16	43
15	Manchester United Man Utd	38	11	9	18	44	54	-10	42
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	38	12	6	20	54	69	-15	42
17	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	38	11	5	22	64	65	-1	38
R	Leicester City Leicester	38	6	7	25	33	80	-47	25
R	Ipswich Town Ipswich	38	4	10	24	36	82	-46	22
R	Southampton	38	2	6	30	26	86	-60	12
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Oman	Draw	Bahrain
1-0 @ 15.16% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 9.73% ( 0.01) 2-1 @ 8.3% ( 0.01) 3-0 @ 4.17% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 3.55% ( 0.01) 3-2 @ 1.51% ( 0) 4-0 @ 1.34% ( 0) 4-1 @ 1.14% ( 0) Other @ 1.63% Total : 46.52%	1-1 @ 12.92% 0-0 @ 11.81% ( -0.02) 2-2 @ 3.53% ( 0) Other @ 0.46% Total : 28.72%	0-1 @ 10.06% ( -0.02) 1-2 @ 5.51% ( -0) 0-2 @ 4.29% ( -0.01) 1-3 @ 1.56% ( -0) 0-3 @ 1.22% ( -0) 2-3 @ 1% ( 0) Other @ 1.08% Total : 24.73%

Oman1 - 2Bahrain