Dhofar are ready for Al-Ittihad with faith in acquiring all three points. Will they? Read our match guide!
- Dhofar have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Professional League
- Al-Ittihad have the most conceded goals (36) in Professional League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Dhofar and Al-Ittihad.
Dhofar form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Al-Saada Stadium as Dhofar have scored 27 goals to get 25 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Professional League are 7-4-0 (wins-draws-losses). Dhofar haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Al Nasr, 83 days ago.
The Dhofar goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 184 minutes without conceding a goal in the Professional League.
The Dhofar manager Semida and his pawns return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Sohar (placed 9th).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Al-Nahda in a game that was won 4-0.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 eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, three draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
Dhofar can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 27 times. Dhofar have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al-Ittihad form and stats
There's been little loot from Al-Ittihad's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Professional League. Al-Ittihad only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Al Nasr with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that result Al-Ittihad won their away game at Bahla. The scoreline was 4-2.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al-Ittihad as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Al-Ittihad's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips. Al-Ittihad has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
This happened when the participants met previously this season; Al-Ittihad - Dhofar 0-3. Last two meetings involving these sides: Dhofar won two, Al-Ittihad were winners in zero and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 2 red cards from the last two encounters.Dhofar missing players
Al-Ittihad missing players
| Dhofar | Al-Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 36 | 27 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | 36 |
| 82% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 82% |
| 64% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 68% |
| 41% | 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 45% | 41% |
| 23% | 45% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 27% | 23% |
| 9% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 14% |
| 32% | 55% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 45% | 41% |
| 59% | 45% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 27% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 55% | 55% |
| 3.9 | 4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.7 | 7.7 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 48% | 59% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 28% |
| 7 | 6.5 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 6 | 7.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
- Al-Ittihad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al-Ittihad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al-Ittihad have the most conceded goals (36) in Professional League
- Al-Ittihad have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Professional League
- Dhofar have not yet lost a game at home.
- Dhofar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dhofar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Dhofar have scored more than double the goals of Al-Ittihad.
- Dhofar have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Professional League
- Dhofar have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Professional League
- Dhofar have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Professional League
- Dhofar have the most scored goals (27) at home in Professional League
- Dhofar have the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Professional League
| 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 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 28 | 47 |
| 2 | Al-Nahda | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 45 |
| 3 | Dhofar | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 44 |
| 4 | Al-Musannah | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| 6 | Oman Club | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Al-Rustaq | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Al Suwaiq | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Sohar | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 27 |
| 10 | Muscat | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 11 | Nizwa | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | -22 | 18 |
| 12 | Bahla | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 17 |
| 13 | Al-Ittihad | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -21 | 17 |
| 14 | Saham | 22 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -18 | 13 |
