Al Nasr fights Dhofar face-off

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Tue 02.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Saada Stadium (12000 seats)

10th- against 5th place might not feel all that tempting to look into. But: Tipsway has the details that makes Al Nasr - Dhofar (even) more engrossing!

Insights:
  • Al Nasr have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dhofar have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Professional League

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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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Al Nasr form and stats

Al Nasr have played 12 Professional League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The Nasr crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Dhofar here at Al-Saada Stadium.

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

It should be considered that a look at the 10 latest league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Al Nasr here at Al-Saada Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 12 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Al Nasr have conceded only 10 goals.

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Dhofar form and stats

6 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Dhofar playing as the away team in the Professional League this season. Momentum is building for Dhofar in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Dhofar play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Al Nasr (placed 10th).

A 0-1 loss hosting Al Suwaiq before that.

The attacking power of Dhofar when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

Al Nasr - Dhofar 0-1 was the outcome when these sides formerly played each other, earlier this season. The referee had use for red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the culprit was Moayad (Nasr). Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Al Nasr wins - draws - Dhofar wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Al Nasr missing players

Dhofar missing players

Al Nasr Dhofar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 3 12 23
6 3 1 Won W 1 6 10
9 4 2 Drew D 2 3 6
8 5 0 Lost L 0 3 7
19 9 1 Scored S 2 11 24
21 10 0 Conceded C 0 7 17
74% 75% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 75% 78%
43% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 33% 39%
30% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 30%
17% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 17%
9% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 13%
30% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 30%
43% 42% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 52%
52% 58% 67% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 39%
 
3.3 4.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 1.7 3.7
3.6 3.5 1.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.5 3.3
1.8 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.7
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
6 7.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4.8 6.4
2.3 2.8 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.8 2.4
35% 26% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 55% 45%
 
7.3 8.7 5.3 Shots against (avg) S A 0 4.5 5.2
3.2 4.1 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1.5 2
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Al Nasr have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dhofar have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Dhofar have the most clean sheets (8) away in Professional League
  • Dhofar have the most dropped points from leading position (11) 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 23 15 7 1 30 6 11 9 2 0 17 1 12 6 5 1 13 5 24 52
2 Al Suwaiq 22 14 3 5 26 15 11 8 2 1 14 5 11 6 1 4 12 10 11 45
3 Al Seeb 23 11 9 3 30 13 12 5 6 1 16 6 11 6 3 2 14 7 17 42
4 Al-Rustaq 23 11 7 5 23 18 12 4 4 4 7 10 11 7 3 1 16 8 5 40
5 Dhofar 23 10 6 7 24 17 11 4 3 4 13 10 12 6 3 3 11 7 7 36
6 Oman Club 22 9 8 5 21 17 11 6 2 3 12 9 11 3 6 2 9 8 4 35
7 Bahla 22 9 6 7 23 20 12 6 3 3 16 11 10 3 3 4 7 9 3 33
8 Sohar 23 10 3 10 20 19 11 6 1 4 14 9 12 4 2 6 6 10 1 33
9 Al-Musannah 23 5 12 6 19 20 11 2 7 2 10 9 12 3 5 4 9 11 -1 27
10 Al Nasr 23 6 9 8 19 21 12 3 4 5 9 10 11 3 5 3 10 11 -2 27
11 Sur 23 6 3 14 18 28 11 4 1 6 12 12 12 2 2 8 6 16 -10 21
12 Al-Ittihad 23 4 5 14 11 28 11 2 4 5 4 8 12 2 1 9 7 20 -17 17
13 Al Oruba 22 2 7 13 15 34 11 1 4 6 6 13 11 1 3 7 9 21 -19 13
14 Al-Bashaeer 23 3 3 17 17 40 12 2 1 9 10 23 11 1 2 8 7 17 -23 12

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.