Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this clash with Al Oruba, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Professional League table.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Dhofar form and stats
Dhofar, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Professional League, are steadily winning Professional League games and points here. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
A good away victory last time out for Dhofar, who won 3-1 against Fanja (placed 10th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Nasr and winning 2-0.
The Dhofar fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches. Dhofar are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.
Al Oruba form and stats
There's been little loot from Al Oruba's travels as they have only collected 0 points from 7 away games in the Professional League. Al Oruba only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws. Al Oruba are still without points from their Professional League away games. 7 games, 7 defeats. Bitter travels for Al Oruba as they have lost seven games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Sohar match.
The supporters enjoyed Al Oruba's previous game versus Sohar (placed 4th), a Professional League 2-1 win played at home. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Al-Rustaq.
The attacking power of Al Oruba when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. In the opposite end, Al Oruba have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Al Oruba - Dhofar 0-0 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Dhofar won 1, Al Oruba won 4 and 5 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 7 matches with two goals or less.Dhofar missing players
Al Oruba missing players
| Dhofar | Al Oruba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 22 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 17 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 79% |
| 64% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 57% |
| 36% | 43% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 43% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 43% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 43% |
| 57% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 43% | 50% |
| 6 | 6 | 7.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 156 | 94 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 28 | 63 |
| 60 | 41 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 32% | 32% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 40% | 47% |
- Al Oruba has the fewest points (0) away
- Al Oruba has the fewest scored goals (9)
- Al Oruba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Al Oruba have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Al Oruba have lost all their away matches so far.
- Al Oruba have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Oruba have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Al Oruba haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Dhofar has the fewest conceded goals (6)
- Dhofar has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- Dhofar has the most clean sheets (7)
- Dhofar has the most matches under the total-line (8)
- Dhofar has the the best goal difference (+16)
- Dhofar has the the best goal difference (+9) at home
- Dhofar have created more than twice as many corners as Al Oruba.
- 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 Oruba.
- Dhofar have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 30 |
| 3 | Saham | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| 4 | Sohar | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Al-Nahda | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Al Nasr | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Suwaiq | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 8 | Al-Rustaq | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 9 | Bahla | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Fanja | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | Muscat | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Oman Club | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 14 |
| 13 | Al Oruba | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -8 | 9 |
| 14 | Mrbat | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 7 |