Straining Nizwa are keen to pull off an upset when they greet top team Dhofar in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 2nd and the home supporters will have so-so confidence.
- Nizwa have the fewest scored goals (5) in Professional League
- Dhofar have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Professional League
This promises to be an engrossing match with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Nizwa form and stats
Nizwa's results here at Nizwa Sports Complex in the Professional League have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Nizwa shared the glory with Al Nasr in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Ahead of that match, Nizwa won a home game hosting Bahla (2-1).Nizwa has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 3 goals from 7 games. Nizwa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dhofar form and stats
Playing away, Dhofar, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in Professional League, have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Professional League this season.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Muscat in the Professional League.The attacking power of Dhofar when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Dhofar as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also met each other previously this campaign: Dhofar - Nizwa 1-0. Previous two meetings featuring these teams: Nizwa won zero, Dhofar were winners in one and we saw one draw. zero games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Nizwa missing players
Dhofar missing players
| Nizwa | Dhofar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 71% | 71% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 86% |
| 43% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 71% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 43% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 36% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 71% | 57% |
| 71% | 71% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 57% | 29% |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 6.3 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.1 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7 | 7.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| 31% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 38% | 58% |
| 8.1 | 9.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6.6 | 6.4 |
| 3.3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
- Dhofar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Dhofar have scored more than double the goals of Nizwa.
- Dhofar have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Professional League
- Dhofar have the most clean sheets (4) away in Professional League
- Nizwa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nizwa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nizwa have the fewest scored goals (5) in Professional League
- Nizwa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | Al-Nahda | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 26 |
| 4 | Al Nasr | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Al-Rustaq | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Al-Musannah | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Oman Club | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Suwaiq | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Sohar | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Muscat | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 12 |
| 11 | Bahla | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 12 | Nizwa | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -14 | 11 |
| 13 | Al-Ittihad | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -17 | 10 |
| 14 | Saham | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -15 | 6 |
