Preview: 15 points stand between the teams so far this season, Dhofar having performed best. Can Al-Ittihad shorten the gap?
- Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals (3) in Professional League
- Dhofar have the most scored goals (14) 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!
Al-Ittihad form and stats
The story so far in the Professional League for Al-Ittihad at their home stadium (Al-Saada Stadium) is 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
The fans are hoping that Al-Ittihad will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Sur (placed 8th).
Prior to that, an away loss at Bahla.It should be added that a look at the 11 most recent league games shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Al-Ittihad has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {2 goals} from 5 games. As for guarding their own goal, Al-Ittihad have only let in {2 goals} at home.
Dhofar form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Dhofar, who have the most scored goals (14) in Professional League, playing as the away team in the Professional League this season.
Dhofar are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the fixture against Al Oruba (placed 14th).
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Al-Rustaq.It's not easy to score on Dhofar as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former three meetings featuring these two sides are: one win for Al-Ittihad, zero draws and two wins for Dhofar. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three duels.
Al-Ittihad missing players
Dhofar missing players
| Al-Ittihad | Dhofar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 83% | 60% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 42% | 20% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 42% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 17% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 17% | 17% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 25% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 75% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 2.8 | 4.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2 | 4.1 |
| 4.3 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| 1.6 | 2.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3.4 | 6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 7 | 7.8 |
| 1.4 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.3 | 3 |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 43% | 39% |
| 4.1 | 5.8 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 7.7 | 6.6 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
- Al-Ittihad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals (3) in Professional League
- Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Professional League
- Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Professional League
- Al-Ittihad have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al-Ittihad is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Dhofar have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Dhofar have scored more than double the goals of Al-Ittihad.
- Dhofar have the most scored goals (14) in Professional League
- Dhofar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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-Nahda | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 25 |
| 2 | Al-Rustaq | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 | Al Suwaiq | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | Dhofar | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Bahla | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Sohar | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Oman Club | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Sur | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Al Seeb | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Al-Musannah | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Al Nasr | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Al-Ittihad | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | -11 | 6 |
| 13 | Al-Bashaeer | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 5 |
| 14 | Al Oruba | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 5 |
