This pair of sides are enjoying a fine season so far and match dates like this could be key. Read up on Dhofar - Al-Nahda!
- Dhofar have the most scored goals (23) at home in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Professional League
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.
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.
Dhofar form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Al-Saada Stadium as Dhofar have scored 23 goals to get 22 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Professional League are 6-4-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Dhofar shared the glory with Saham in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
In the match before that, Dhofar hosted Al-Musannah and drew the game 0-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Dhofar have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost zero.
There will be little rest for Dhofar after this match as they are travelling to Sohar for a Professional League game in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (23 in 10 games), Dhofar's attacking play is working. 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 7 from 10 matches.
Al-Nahda form and stats
Al-Nahda have an excellent away record in the Professional League so far with 5-3-1 from 9 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Al-Nahda as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.
Al-Nahda's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Al Nasr that finished 1-1.
Prior to that result Al-Nahda won their away game at Bahla. The scoreline was 1-0.After this away game Al-Nahda return home for a Professional League game against Muscat. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al-Nahda as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Al-Nahda are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 4 away goals have been conceded so far. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Al-Nahda - Dhofar 0-1 was the scoreline in these contenders' previous H2H game, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dhofar six wins, four draws and Al-Nahda zero victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Dhofar missing players
Al-Nahda missing players
| Dhofar | Al-Nahda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 32 | 23 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 29 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 85% | 90% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 90% |
| 65% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 44% | 55% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 35% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 35% |
| 55% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | 55% |
| 25% | 10% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 20% |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 7 | 5.8 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
| 48% | 56% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 26% | 47% |
| 6.8 | 6.3 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
- Al-Nahda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al-Nahda have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Professional League
- Al-Nahda have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Professional League
- Al-Nahda is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Al-Nahda have scored away.
- Dhofar have the most scored goals (23) 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 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | Al-Nahda | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Dhofar | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 40 |
| 4 | Al-Musannah | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 34 |
| 6 | Al-Rustaq | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Oman Club | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 27 |
| 8 | Al Suwaiq | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Sohar | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 25 |
| 10 | Muscat | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 19 |
| 11 | Nizwa | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -20 | 15 |
| 12 | Bahla | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 13 | Al-Ittihad | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -22 | 14 |
| 14 | Saham | 20 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -18 | 10 |
