Professional League: Two teams in fairly good form get together for this match. Al-Rustaq hold a slight advantage with their 4th spot in the standings?
- Dhofar have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Professional League
- Al-Rustaq have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) 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
Dhofar have played 11 Professional League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Dhofar's last game was hosting Al-Rustaq (placed 4th) and winning 1-0.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Nasr and winning 1-0.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 7 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.
It should be noted that a look at the 10 latest league games reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The Dhofar fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. From these home matches, Dhofar have conceded only 10 goals.
Al-Rustaq form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Professional League.
Al-Rustaq are travelling again after losing away to Dhofar in their previous match (0-1).
A draw for Al-Rustaq before that, at their own venue hosting Sur (0-0).We have checked recent matches where Al-Rustaq have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
A tale of few goals? 18 of this club's most recent 24 league rounds have contained two or less goals.
Al-Rustaq are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 11 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
The latest reported scoreline involving both these contenders is the Al-Rustaq - Dhofar 0-1 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Dhofar victories, one draw and two Al-Rustaq wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Dhofar missing players
Al-Rustaq missing players
| Dhofar | Al-Rustaq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 25 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 23 |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 79% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 83% |
| 38% | 42% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 12% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 8% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 42% | 33% |
| 54% | 42% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 42% | 46% |
| 38% | 42% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 38% |
| 3.7 | 5.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.4 | 5.1 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.4 | 8 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.6 | 6.9 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 45% | 39% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | 29% |
| 5.2 | 6 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 5.4 | 6.6 |
| 2 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
- Al-Rustaq have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Professional League
- Al-Rustaq have the most points (24) away in Professional League
- Al-Rustaq have the most scored goals (16) away in Professional League
- Al-Rustaq have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Dhofar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dhofar have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Professional League
- Dhofar have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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-Nahda | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 52 |
| 2 | Al Suwaiq | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 48 |
| 3 | Al Seeb | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 42 |
| 4 | Al-Rustaq | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| 5 | Dhofar | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Oman Club | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 35 |
| 7 | Bahla | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Sohar | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 33 |
| 9 | Al-Musannah | 23 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Al Nasr | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 27 |
| 11 | Sur | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 21 |
| 12 | Al-Ittihad | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -17 | 17 |
| 13 | Al Oruba | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 16 |
| 14 | Al-Bashaeer | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 | -23 | 12 |
