Professional League: Dhofar - Al-Rustaq match guide and the hard facts

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 13:10 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Saada Stadium (12000 seats)

Al-Rustaq have travelled here for an intriguing fight against the hosts Dhofar. Get ready for the match with this full Professional League preview!

Insights:
  • Dhofar have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Professional League
  • Al-Rustaq have the most scored goals in the first half (3) in Professional League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

It's quite the trip for Al-Rustaq when visiting Dhofar as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

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Dhofar form and stats

Dhofar have only played one Professional League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 4 matches.

Dhofar are confident in defense, having played 478 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

An away draw last time out for Dhofar, facing Oman Club in a game that ended 0-0.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Nizwa in a game that was won 1-0.

At Al-Saada Stadium, Dhofar has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Al-Rustaq form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Professional League away game of the season. During their previous season 5 away games resulted in 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Al-Rustaq might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Al Nasr proved too strong as Al-Rustaq slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Ibri Youth Complex.

Before that, Al-Rustaq secured a home win against Bahla with the score 2-0.

2 goals so far away for Al-Rustaq, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's six Dhofar victories, one draw and one Al-Rustaq win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Dhofar missing players

Al-Rustaq missing players

Dhofar Al-Rustaq
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 1 0 Scored S 0 2 5
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 4
67% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6.5
3.3 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4.7 1 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10.5
2 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
50% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 75%
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Al-Rustaq have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Professional League
  • Al-Rustaq have the most scored goals in the first half (3) in Professional League
  • Dhofar have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Professional League
  • Dhofar have the most clean sheets (3) in Professional League
  • Dhofar have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Professional League
Dhofar Last season Al-Rustaq
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
10 4   Played P   5 10
8 4   Won W   2 4
2 0   Drew D   1 2
0 0   Lost L   2 4
19 8   Scored S   5 9
3 0   Conceded C   4 9
90% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 80%
80% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   40% 60%
20% 0%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 30%
20% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 10%
10% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
30% 0%   BTTS BTTS   40% 30%
70% 100%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 30%
10% 0%   Failed to Score F T   60% 60%
 
7.2 7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 3.5
1.1 0.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4 5.3
0.9 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 1.5
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
12 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 8
4.2 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 2.5
44% 50%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Nasr 3 3 0 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 9
2 Al Seeb 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 7
3 Dhofar 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 7
4 Al-Nahda 3 2 0 1 7 3 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 6
5 Al-Musannah 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 6
6 Bahla 3 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 6
7 Al-Rustaq 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
8 Al Suwaiq 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 4
9 Sohar 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 4
10 Oman Club 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 1
11 Nizwa 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
12 Al-Ittihad 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
13 Saham 3 0 1 2 2 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 1
14 Muscat 3 0 1 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 -5 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Seeb 10 7 1 2 21 3 5 3 1 1 9 2 5 4 0 1 12 1 18 22
2 Dhofar 10 8 2 0 19 3 4 4 0 0 8 0 6 4 2 0 11 3 16 20
3 Al-Musannah 10 6 2 2 14 10 5 3 1 1 4 5 5 3 1 1 10 5 4 20
4 Al Nasr 10 5 3 2 11 8 5 3 1 1 6 4 5 2 2 1 5 4 3 18
5 Al Suwaiq 10 5 2 3 11 9 6 4 1 1 6 2 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 17
6 Bahla 10 3 6 1 10 9 4 2 2 0 5 3 6 1 4 1 5 6 1 15
7 Al-Rustaq 10 4 2 4 9 9 5 2 1 2 4 5 5 2 1 2 5 4 0 14
8 Al-Ittihad 10 2 6 2 10 12 4 1 1 2 5 8 6 1 5 0 5 4 -2 12
9 Oman Club 10 3 2 5 6 9 5 2 2 1 3 4 5 1 0 4 3 5 -3 11
10 Sohar 10 2 2 6 8 14 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 0 1 4 3 9 -6 8
11 Nizwa 10 1 4 5 8 15 6 1 3 2 7 8 4 0 1 3 1 7 -7 7
12 Al-Nahda 10 3 3 4 9 9 5 1 2 2 4 5 5 2 1 2 5 4 0 6
13 Muscat 10 0 3 7 4 17 6 0 3 3 3 11 4 0 0 4 1 6 -13 3
14 Saham 10 2 0 8 7 20 5 1 0 4 4 12 5 1 0 4 3 8 -13 0

Read more about Professional League

The Oman Professional League is the top division of Omani football. It was founded in 1976 and has gone through many changes in format. The current league table has 14 teams playing each other twice to decide the champion.Only four foreign players are allowed in each team.