It's advantage Dhofar so far with their 2nd position in the Professional League table, welcoming Al-Nahda who are placed 6th.
Dhofar have less rest than Al-Nahda in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a AFC Cup game only four days ago. This match was also played here at The Salalah Youth Complex. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Al-Nahda have had more rest.
These teams have little in common geographically as Al-Nahda have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Dhofar form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Salalah Youth Complex as Dhofar, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Professional League, have scored 14 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Professional League are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Dhofar have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Dhofar's previous game was a AFC Cup match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Al Jazeera. The home side are looking to build on that result. A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Suwaiq and winning 3-0.
Dhofar are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found two matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won zero, drew two and lost zero.
Dhofar are traveling soon after this match as the Sultan Cup match at Al-Nahda awaits in three days.
The Dhofar fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. Dhofar have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al-Nahda form and stats
As the visiting team in Professional League matches, Al-Nahda have produced an overall stat of 3-2-3 so far.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Professional League home defeat versus Sohar with 1-3 on the scoreboard. It was a Sultan Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Sur wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
After this away game Al-Nahda return home for a Sultan Cup game against Dhofar. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Al-Nahda's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Al-Nahda in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Al-Nahda - Dhofar 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dhofar five wins, four draws and Al-Nahda one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Dhofar missing players
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| Dhofar | Al-Nahda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 27 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 61% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 76% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 65% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 24% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 12% |
| 28% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 76% |
| 61% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 24% |
| 6.3 | 6.2 | 13 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 1.5 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 191 | 105 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 61 | 145 |
| 72 | 46 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 23 | 50 |
| 33% | 30% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 52% | 44% |
- Al-Nahda has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Al-Nahda have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Al-Nahda haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Dhofar has the fewest conceded goals (7)
- Dhofar has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
- Dhofar has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
- Dhofar has the most clean sheets (10)
- Dhofar has the the best goal difference (+20)
- 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 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Saham | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | Bahla | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 26 |
| 6 | Al-Nahda | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | Fanja | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Sohar | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | Muscat | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 10 | Al-Rustaq | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 11 | Al Suwaiq | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Oman Club | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Mrbat | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 12 |
| 14 | Al Oruba | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 11 |