Oman
2 - 1
Qatar

Al Sabhi (20' pen., 52')
Mabrook Nasib Al Mushaifri (29'), Al-Alawi (45+3'), Saleh Al Mukhaini (85'), Saleh (90+7')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Ali (2')
Fathy (46'), Ahmed (47'), Abdulsalam (80'), Ahmed (85'), Abdulsalam (90+8'), Barsham (90+8')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Oman

All competitions

Gulf Cup of Nations

Last Game: Kuwait 1-1 Oman
Saturday, December 21 at 5pm 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

Qatar

All competitions

Gulf Cup of Nations

Last Game: Qatar 1-1 UAE
Saturday, December 21 at 7pm in Gulf Cup of Nations

Current Third Round Group A Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Uzbekistan	0	0	0
2	Iran	0	0	0
3	Qatar	0	0	0
4	North Korea	0	0	0
5	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0
6	United Arab Emirates	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 42.12%. A win for Qatar had a probability of 32.19% and a draw had a probability of 25.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Oman win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.85%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.87%) and 2-0 (7.16%). The likeliest Qatar win was 0-1 (8.39%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.19%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Oman would win this match.

Result
Oman	Draw	Qatar
42.12% ( 0.5)	25.69% ( -0.08)	32.19% ( -0.42)

	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	Qatar
1-0 @ 9.85% ( 0.02) 2-1 @ 8.87% ( 0.06) 2-0 @ 7.16% ( 0.08) 3-1 @ 4.3% ( 0.07) 3-0 @ 3.47% ( 0.07) 3-2 @ 2.66% ( 0.03) 4-1 @ 1.56% ( 0.04) 4-0 @ 1.26% ( 0.04) 4-2 @ 0.97% ( 0.02) Other @ 2.04% Total : 42.12%	1-1 @ 12.19% ( -0.04) 0-0 @ 6.77% ( -0.06) 2-2 @ 5.49% ( 0.01) 3-3 @ 1.1% ( 0.01) Other @ 0.13% Total : 25.68%	0-1 @ 8.39% ( -0.11) 1-2 @ 7.55% ( -0.06) 0-2 @ 5.19% ( -0.09) 1-3 @ 3.12% ( -0.04) 2-3 @ 2.27% ( -0.01) 0-3 @ 2.14% ( -0.05) 1-4 @ 0.97% ( -0.02) Other @ 2.57% Total : 32.19%

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