Dhofar look to Al-Saada Stadium supporters for inspiration before Al Suwaiq match

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Fri 08.April
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Saada Stadium (12000 seats)

Professional League: Dhofar host Al Suwaiq in what is nearly guaranteed to be an engaging football fixture. Tipsway gives you everything you need to know!

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 Suwaiq have scored away.

These teams have little in common geographically as Al Suwaiq have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

This has all the signs of an entertaining game with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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Dhofar form and stats

Dhofar have performed here at Al-Saada Stadium this season with 5 wins from 8 Professional League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. Three draws in a row here at Al-Saada Stadium for Dhofar, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

Happy days for Dhofar in their previous game, a fixture away at Al-Rustaq (placed 5th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.

In the match before that, Dhofar hosted Oman Club and drew the game 2-2.

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 four games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost zero.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Al-Musannah are coming to town in four days.

Goals decide football matches and Dhofar are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 league matches. Dhofar have only conceded 6 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 Suwaiq form and stats

Playing away, Al Suwaiq have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Professional League this season.

There might be some fixture complaints from Al Suwaiq as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Al Nasr.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Bahla.

Al Suwaiq are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and two defeats. From a total of five matches.

After this away game Suwaiq return home for a Professional League game against Muscat. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Al Suwaiq are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Al Suwaiq - Dhofar 0-0 was the product when this pair of participants last met, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Dhofar wins - draws - Al Suwaiq wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Dhofar missing players

Al Suwaiq missing players

Dhofar Al Suwaiq
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 3 9 17
10 5 2 Won W 1 3 5
5 3 1 Drew D 0 2 6
2 0 0 Lost L 2 4 6
27 19 12 Scored S 3 9 17
11 6 2 Conceded C 2 8 15
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 82%
65% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 56% 59%
41% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 41%
18% 38% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
6% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 62% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 47%
59% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 35%
24% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 35%
 
3.5 3.5 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 7.5 6.1
3.5 3.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 2.2 3.2
1.5 1.5 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.7 7.5 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 5.8 5.9
3.5 3.9 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.2 2
50% 61% 63% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 56% 54%
 
6.9 6.4 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 6 4.8 4.9
2.5 3 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 1.2 1.7
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Al Suwaiq have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Al Suwaiq have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Al Suwaiq 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 Suwaiq 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 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 Al-Nahda 18 11 5 2 27 10 10 7 2 1 20 6 8 4 3 1 7 4 17 38
3 Dhofar 17 10 5 2 27 11 8 5 3 0 19 6 9 5 2 2 8 5 16 35
4 Al Nasr 17 8 6 3 17 12 9 4 4 1 10 6 8 4 2 2 7 6 5 30
5 Al-Rustaq 17 8 5 4 20 13 9 4 2 3 10 6 8 4 3 1 10 7 7 29
6 Al-Musannah 17 8 3 6 22 18 9 3 3 3 12 10 8 5 0 3 10 8 4 27
7 Oman Club 18 6 6 6 24 20 8 3 2 3 11 5 10 3 4 3 13 15 4 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 17 5 6 6 17 15 8 2 4 2 8 7 9 3 2 4 9 8 2 21
10 Muscat 17 4 4 9 15 23 8 2 0 6 9 13 9 2 4 3 6 10 -8 16
11 Nizwa 18 3 5 10 7 26 9 2 2 5 4 10 9 1 3 5 3 16 -19 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.