Professional League preview and stats: Dhofar - Al-Musannah at Al-Saada Stadium

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Tue 12.April
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Saada Stadium (12000 seats)

A lot of action is likely at Al-Saada Stadium when Dhofar face Al-Musannah in what looks to be a first-class fixture. Here's the preview!

Insights:
  • Dhofar have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Professional League
  • Dhofar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al-Musannah have scored away.

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.

It's no vacation for neither Dhofar nor Al-Musannah as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Dhofar form and stats

Dhofar have performed here at Al-Saada Stadium this season with 6 wins from 9 Professional League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.

The Dhofar fans enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Al Suwaiq and win 4-1.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Al-Rustaq with a 1-0 scoreline.

Dhofar are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Al-Saada Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 23 goals in 9 matches. Dhofar have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Al-Musannah form and stats

The visitors are W5-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Professional League.

The regulars enjoyed Al-Musannah's previous fixture versus Al Nasr (placed 5th), a 2-1 win played at home. Which player has scored four games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Bumbar and that is quite the feat!

Prior to that result Al-Musannah won their away game at Bahla. The scoreline was 2-1.

The visiting Al-Musannah have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met previously this season: Al-Musannah - Dhofar 3-0. Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Dhofar won six games, three matches ended with a draw and Al-Musannah managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Dhofar missing players

Al-Musannah missing players

Dhofar Al-Musannah
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 1 8 18
11 6 0 Won W 0 5 9
5 3 1 Drew D 0 0 3
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 6
31 23 1 Scored S 1 10 24
12 7 1 Conceded C 3 8 19
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
67% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 72%
44% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
22% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 12% 17%
11% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
33% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 56%
56% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 28%
22% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 22%
 
3.6 3.6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.7 4.6
3.5 3.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.3 4.6
1.6 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.6 7.4 8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4.7 7.2
3.6 4.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.3 2.7
52% 62% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 53%
 
7 6.6 6 Shots against (avg) S A 0 3.7 5
2.5 2.9 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1.3 1.8
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Al-Musannah have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Al-Musannah haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Al-Musannah have scored away.
  • Dhofar have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Dhofar have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Professional League
  • Dhofar have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Professional League
  • Dhofar have the most scored goals (23) at home in Professional League
  • Dhofar haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Seeb 18 11 5 2 33 12 9 7 1 1 22 4 9 4 4 1 11 8 21 38
2 Dhofar 18 11 5 2 31 12 9 6 3 0 23 7 9 5 2 2 8 5 19 38
3 Al-Nahda 18 11 5 2 27 10 10 7 2 1 20 6 8 4 3 1 7 4 17 38
4 Al-Musannah 18 9 3 6 24 19 10 4 3 3 14 11 8 5 0 3 10 8 5 30
5 Al Nasr 18 8 6 4 18 14 9 4 4 1 10 6 9 4 2 3 8 8 4 30
6 Al-Rustaq 18 8 5 5 21 15 9 4 2 3 10 6 9 4 3 2 11 9 6 29
7 Oman Club 18 6 6 6 24 21 8 3 2 3 11 5 10 3 4 3 13 16 3 24
8 Sohar 18 6 5 7 19 25 9 4 2 3 11 8 9 2 3 4 8 17 -6 23
9 Al Suwaiq 18 5 6 7 18 19 8 2 4 2 8 7 10 3 2 5 10 12 -1 21
10 Muscat 18 5 4 9 17 24 9 3 0 6 11 14 9 2 4 3 6 10 -7 19
11 Nizwa 18 3 5 10 8 26 9 2 2 5 5 10 9 1 3 5 3 16 -18 14
12 Bahla 18 2 7 9 15 23 8 1 3 4 8 11 10 1 4 5 7 12 -8 13
13 Al-Ittihad 18 2 7 9 9 28 9 1 4 4 4 10 9 1 3 5 5 18 -19 13
14 Saham 18 0 9 9 9 25 10 0 7 3 4 7 8 0 2 6 5 18 -16 9

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.