Struggling Al Oruba will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sohar in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Al Oruba form and stats
Al Oruba have collected 5 points from their Professional League home games so far after 1-2-2.
Al Oruba's last game was hosting Al Nasr (placed 6th) and winning 1-0. Heartbreak before that as Al Oruba lost 1-2 at Al-Nahda's place.
Al Oruba aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 3 goals from 5 games. Al Oruba have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sohar form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (21) in Professional League, on their Professional League travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Two travels in a row for Sohar, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Professional League win against Fanja. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Al Nasr.
Sohar has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. In the opposite end, Sohar have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Sohar - Al Oruba 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Al Oruba, 0 draws and 4 wins for Sohar. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.Al Oruba missing players
Sohar missing players
| Al Oruba | Sohar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 16 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 83% | 60% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 42% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 62% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 42% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 62% |
| 25% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 23% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 3.1 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.5 | 3.8 |
| 1.4 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | 35 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 64 | 76 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 24 | 32 |
| 47% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 46% | 66% |
- Al Oruba has the fewest scored goals (7)
- Al Oruba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al Oruba have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sohar has the most scored goals (21)
- Sohar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sohar have scored more than double the goals of Al Oruba.
- Sohar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Al Seeb | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Saham | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | Sohar | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Al-Nahda | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Al Nasr | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 19 |
| 7 | Al-Rustaq | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 8 | Bahla | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Fanja | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 16 |
| 10 | Muscat | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Al Suwaiq | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Oman Club | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 13 | Al Oruba | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 5 |
| 14 | Mrbat | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -16 | 3 |