This could be an interesting match as Al Suwaiq have their presumed home advantage while Dhofar are ahead 14 points in the Professional League table.
The visiting Dhofar played their last game only three days ago, a Sultan Cup match.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Al Suwaiq form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 8 Professional League games here at Ferdie Neita Sports Complex for Al Suwaiq. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Al Suwaiq, who played 1-1 against Al-Rustaq. That match was also played at this venue (Ferdie Neita Sports Complex). A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Al-Nahda.
The Al Suwaiq fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. Al Suwaiq have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dhofar form and stats
Dhofar, who have the most clean sheets (5) away in Professional League, have an excellent away record in the Professional League so far with 5-2-1 from 8 games. A great winning streak in away games for Dhofar as they have managed to win five matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Al-Nahda have they travelled home without three points.
There were no winners in Dhofar's previous match, a Sultan Cup home game that ended 0-0 vs Oman Club (placed 12th). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Bahla.
A new game in only three days for Dhofar, the AFC Cup home match versus Al Jazeera. Busy days.
Dhofar are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Dhofar are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Dhofar - Al Suwaiq 4-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Suwaiq four wins, two draws and Dhofar four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Al Suwaiq missing players
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| Al Suwaiq | Dhofar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 20 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 82% |
| 81% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 38% | 59% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 25% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 75% | 59% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 29% |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.5 | 6.4 | 6.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.1 | 2.6 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 | 46 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 73 | 178 |
| 38 | 17 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 23 | 69 |
| 37% | 59% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 30% | 30% |
- Al Suwaiq have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Suwaiq have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Suwaiq haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Dhofar has the fewest conceded goals (2) away
- Dhofar has the fewest conceded goals (7)
- Dhofar has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
- Dhofar has the most clean sheets (5) away
- Dhofar has the most matches under the total-line (11)
- Dhofar has the the best goal difference (+8) away
- Dhofar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Dhofar have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 38 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 35 |
| 3 | Saham | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | Bahla | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 26 |
| 5 | Al-Nahda | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | Al Nasr | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 23 |
| 7 | Al-Rustaq | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Sohar | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Al Suwaiq | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Fanja | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Muscat | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Oman Club | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 16 |
| 13 | Al Oruba | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 14 | Mrbat | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -17 | 10 |