Early betting action imply Dhofar superiority when welcoming Al-Ittihad

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Tue 23.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Saada Stadium (12000 seats)

Professional League: Top-notch vs subpar, at least according to the league table. Dhofar - Al-Ittihad. Home victory or a shock result?

Insights:
  • Dhofar have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Professional League
  • Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals (14) in Professional League

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

Dhofar have collected 21 points from their Professional League home games so far after 6-3-4. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Dhofar has won four games in a row. The Al Suwaiq match was the last time out without a victory.

Dhofar's last game was hosting Al-Ittihad (placed 13th) and winning 4-1.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Al Oruba with a 2-0 scoreline.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Dhofar home games with this odds we find 11 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

Dhofar have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Al-Saada Stadium with 21 goals in 13 league matches. Dhofar are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al-Saada Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.

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Al-Ittihad form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al-Ittihad so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-10 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Al-Ittihad as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Al-Ittihad, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-4 versus Dhofar (placed 4th).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Sur.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al-Ittihad as they have only managed to score 8 times from 13 away games in the league. As for defending, Al-Ittihad rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head encounter ended Dhofar - Al-Ittihad 4-1, earlier this season. Dhofar-Al-Ittihad H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Dhofar three wins, Al-Ittihad one win, one draw. four of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Dhofar missing players

Al-Ittihad missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dhofar Al-Ittihad
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 13 26
13 6 3 Won W 0 2 4
6 3 1 Drew D 1 1 5
7 4 0 Lost L 2 10 17
34 21 8 Scored S 1 8 14
19 12 4 Conceded C 6 24 37
81% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
46% 54% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 54%
35% 46% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 54% 38%
23% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 12%
19% 31% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
35% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 46% 38%
50% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 19%
35% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 54% 54%
 
3.4 5.2 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 0.7 1 2.3
3 2.8 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.7 3.8
1.6 1.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
5.9 7.3 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 1.3 2 4.8
2.2 2.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.7 1 2
57% 52% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 60% 26%
 
4.8 5.5 5.2 Shots against (avg) S A 4.7 4 5.3
1.8 2.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 2.2 2.6
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Al-Ittihad have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Al-Ittihad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Al-Ittihad have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Al-Ittihad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al-Ittihad have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Professional League
  • Al-Ittihad have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Professional League
  • Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals (14) in Professional League
  • Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Professional League
  • Al-Ittihad have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Professional League
  • Al-Ittihad have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in Professional League
  • Al-Ittihad have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Al-Ittihad haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Al-Ittihad is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Dhofar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dhofar have scored more than double the goals of Al-Ittihad.
  • Dhofar have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Professional League
  • Dhofar have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 26 16 8 2 34 8 13 10 2 1 21 3 13 6 6 1 13 5 26 56
2 Al Suwaiq 26 16 4 6 36 21 13 10 2 1 19 5 13 6 2 5 17 16 15 52
3 Al Seeb 26 14 9 3 36 14 13 6 6 1 19 6 13 8 3 2 17 8 22 51
4 Dhofar 26 13 6 7 34 19 13 6 3 4 21 12 13 7 3 3 13 7 15 45
5 Al-Rustaq 26 12 7 7 26 23 13 4 4 5 7 11 13 8 3 2 19 12 3 43
6 Bahla 26 11 7 8 34 30 13 6 4 3 20 15 13 5 3 5 14 15 4 40
7 Oman Club 26 9 10 7 25 23 13 6 3 4 15 13 13 3 7 3 10 10 2 37
8 Sohar 26 11 4 11 24 24 13 7 2 4 18 10 13 4 2 7 6 14 0 37
9 Al-Musannah 26 7 12 7 22 24 13 4 7 2 13 10 13 3 5 5 9 14 -2 33
10 Al Nasr 26 7 9 10 21 26 13 3 4 6 10 12 13 4 5 4 11 14 -5 30
11 Sur 26 8 4 14 22 29 13 5 2 6 13 12 13 3 2 8 9 17 -7 28
12 Al Oruba 26 3 8 15 22 45 13 2 4 7 10 18 13 1 4 8 12 27 -23 17
13 Al-Ittihad 26 4 5 17 14 37 13 2 4 7 6 13 13 2 1 10 8 24 -23 17
14 Al-Bashaeer 26 3 3 20 17 44 13 2 1 10 10 25 13 1 2 10 7 19 -27 12

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 Al-Nahda 26 16 8 2 34 8 13 10 2 1 21 3 13 6 6 1 13 5 26 56
2 Al Suwaiq 26 16 4 6 36 21 13 10 2 1 19 5 13 6 2 5 17 16 15 52
3 Al Seeb 26 14 9 3 36 14 13 6 6 1 19 6 13 8 3 2 17 8 22 51
4 Dhofar 26 13 6 7 34 19 13 6 3 4 21 12 13 7 3 3 13 7 15 45
5 Al-Rustaq 26 12 7 7 26 23 13 4 4 5 7 11 13 8 3 2 19 12 3 43
6 Bahla 26 11 7 8 34 30 13 6 4 3 20 15 13 5 3 5 14 15 4 40
7 Oman Club 26 9 10 7 25 23 13 6 3 4 15 13 13 3 7 3 10 10 2 37
8 Sohar 26 11 4 11 24 24 13 7 2 4 18 10 13 4 2 7 6 14 0 37
9 Al-Musannah 26 7 12 7 22 24 13 4 7 2 13 10 13 3 5 5 9 14 -2 33
10 Al Nasr 26 7 9 10 21 26 13 3 4 6 10 12 13 4 5 4 11 14 -5 30
11 Sur 26 8 4 14 22 29 13 5 2 6 13 12 13 3 2 8 9 17 -7 28
12 Al Oruba 26 3 8 15 22 45 13 2 4 7 10 18 13 1 4 8 12 27 -23 17
13 Al-Ittihad 26 4 5 17 14 37 13 2 4 7 6 13 13 2 1 10 8 24 -23 17
14 Al-Bashaeer 26 3 3 20 17 44 13 2 1 10 10 25 13 1 2 10 7 19 -27 12

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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.