National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Mjees or Dhofar that keep their silverware dream alive.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Mjees form and stats
Mjees was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Sultan Cup.With 2 Professional League wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Mjees are certainly not brimming with confidence. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in eleven attempts.
No payout for Mjees in their previous match, an away game at Al-Nahda that ended in defeat 0-3.
In the match before that, Mjees hosted Nizwa and drew the Sultan Cup game 1-1.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mjees here at Sohar Regional Sports Complex in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 12 games). Mjees's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dhofar form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Dhofar, as they won the Sultan Cup.Dhofar are still undefeated on their travels in the Professional League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other. Things are running smoothly for Dhofar who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 19 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Sohar.
Dhofar have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 568 minutes since they last conceded in Professional League.
The supporters enjoyed Dhofar's previous game versus Al-Rustaq, a Professional League 4-0 win played at home. As mentioned above, Dhofar was the only team on the pitch versus Al-Rustaq in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Oman Club.Dhofar have another fixture that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Professional League game against Al Suwaiq. A rough fixture list for the visitors!
2 goals so far away for Dhofar, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings between these squads: Mjees won two, Dhofar triumphed in six and we saw zero draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.Mjees missing players
Dhofar missing players
| Mjees | Dhofar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Scored | S | 20 | 46 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.1 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 23% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 48% | ||
| 9.6 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 1.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dhofar | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 57 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 46 | 66 |
| 2 | Al Nasr | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 50 |
| 3 | Al-Nahda | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 43 |
| 4 | Al Suwaiq | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Al-Rustaq | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | Saham | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -2 | 38 |
| 7 | Sohar | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 37 |
| 8 | Al Oruba | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 9 | Muscat | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 30 |
| 10 | Oman Club | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -17 | 27 |
| 11 | Mrbat | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 26 |
| 12 | Al-Shabab Club | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 30 | -16 | 24 |
| 13 | Sur | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -22 | 20 |
| 14 | Mjees | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 26 | -27 | 17 |
| 15 | Mirbat | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Al Shabab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Al-Nahda | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | Al Seeb | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Al-Musannah | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Bahla | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Al Suwaiq | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Oman Club | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Al-Rustaq | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Sohar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 11 | Nizwa | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 12 | Al-Ittihad | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 13 | Saham | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 2 |
| 14 | Muscat | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 1 |