AFC Cup: Group Stage between Dhofar and Al Riffa

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Competition: Asia AFC Cup
Competition: Sat 21.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium (14000 seats)

International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Dhofar and Al Riffa are looking forward to this AFC Cup fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.

These teams have little in common geographically as Al Riffa have to travel 1900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Dhofar form and stats

Last season, Dhofar's AFC Cup journey ended in the group stage.

The overall Professional League stats at home this season for Dhofar are 7-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Dhofar are returning here after guesting Shabab Al Khaleel in a AFC Cup fixture and winning with a 3-0 scoreline.

1-1 away at Al Seeb before that.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the AFC Cup game versus Al Arabi SC in only three days. This game is also played here at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium.

The Dhofar manager Jaber has got the team scoring with 28 from 13 home games in the league. Dhofar are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches.

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Al Riffa form and stats

Last season their AFC Cup adventure ended in the group stage.

Al Riffa's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Riffa collect 18 points from their 8 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a AFC Cup home loss versus Al Arabi SC with 2-3 on the scoreboard.

A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Muharraq.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Al Riffa playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 3 Al Riffa wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

A quick return to home after this game, as Riffa are hosting Shabab Al Khaleel in the AFC Cup only three days away.

Al Riffa are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 8 away games so far. Al Riffa are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

Dhofar missing players

Al Riffa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dhofar Al Riffa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   14 25
13 7   Won W   7 12
7 4   Drew D   4 9
5 2   Lost L   3 4
40 28   Scored S   34 56
20 13   Conceded C   16 28
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 92%
64% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 84%
40% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 56%
20% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   43% 48%
12% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 24%
40% 62%   BTTS BTTS   43% 52%
44% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 44%
24% 15%   Failed to Score F T   14% 12%
 
4.4 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.4
3.3 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 4.3
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
7.6 7.7   Shots (avg) S (   11.3 11.2
3.6 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.4 5.2
53% 63%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 40%
 
6.9 6.5   Shots against (avg) S A   8.2 7.9
3.1 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.8 2.7

  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Al Arabi SC 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Al Riffa 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
4 Shabab Al Khaleel 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 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 Seeb 26 16 7 3 50 17 13 8 3 2 27 8 13 8 4 1 23 9 33 55
2 Al-Nahda 26 15 8 3 35 17 13 8 4 1 24 9 13 7 4 2 11 8 18 53
3 Dhofar 26 13 9 4 39 17 13 7 4 2 28 10 13 6 5 2 11 7 22 48
4 Al-Musannah 26 12 7 7 33 24 13 6 4 3 21 14 13 6 3 4 12 10 9 43
5 Al Nasr 26 11 9 6 28 22 13 5 6 2 15 10 13 6 3 4 13 12 6 42
6 Sohar 26 10 9 7 32 31 13 5 5 3 18 12 13 5 4 4 14 19 1 39
7 Al-Rustaq 26 9 8 9 25 24 13 5 4 4 12 8 13 4 4 5 13 16 1 35
8 Oman Club 26 8 7 11 30 33 13 4 3 6 14 13 13 4 4 5 16 20 -3 31
9 Al Suwaiq 26 8 7 11 24 28 13 4 4 5 11 14 13 4 3 6 13 14 -4 31
10 Al-Ittihad 26 5 10 11 20 39 13 2 5 6 7 16 13 3 5 5 13 23 -19 25
11 Bahla 26 5 9 12 28 35 13 3 3 7 16 19 13 2 6 5 12 16 -7 24
12 Muscat 26 5 7 14 21 33 13 3 1 9 13 19 13 2 6 5 8 14 -12 22
13 Saham 26 3 11 12 19 36 13 2 8 3 8 9 13 1 3 9 11 27 -17 20
14 Nizwa 26 4 8 14 15 43 13 3 4 6 9 15 13 1 4 8 6 28 -28 20
  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 Riffa 18 12 6 0 32 9 10 7 3 0 17 6 8 5 3 0 15 3 23 42
2 Manama 18 11 6 1 31 13 8 6 1 1 16 4 10 5 5 0 15 9 18 39
3 Khalidiya 18 8 6 4 24 13 10 5 3 2 15 6 8 3 3 2 9 7 11 30
4 Muharraq 18 8 3 7 22 19 8 3 2 3 9 6 10 5 1 4 13 13 3 27
5 Al Hala 18 6 7 5 21 24 9 2 4 3 11 14 9 4 3 2 10 10 -3 25
6 East Riffa 18 6 6 6 24 22 9 4 2 3 16 12 9 2 4 3 8 10 2 24
7 Budaiya 18 5 2 11 19 29 8 2 1 5 10 15 10 3 1 6 9 14 -10 17
8 Al Ahli 18 3 8 7 18 29 9 1 7 1 8 9 9 2 1 6 10 20 -11 17
9 Al-Hidd 18 2 7 9 13 27 10 1 3 6 8 14 8 1 4 3 5 13 -14 13
10 Al-Najma 18 1 5 12 12 31 9 0 2 7 4 16 9 1 3 5 8 15 -19 8

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Al Arabi SC 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Al Riffa 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
4 Shabab Al Khaleel 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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