Professional League match prediction and preview for Dhofar vs Bahla clash

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 13:35 (UTC)
Venue: The Salalah Youth Complex (12000 seats)

Dhofar and Bahla are both riding high in the Professional League with their 2nd and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

The hosts Dhofar saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Professional League. This match was also played here at The Salalah Youth Complex. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Bahla have had more rest.

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Dhofar form and stats

17 points is a decent return from 8 Professional League games here at The Salalah Youth Complex for Dhofar, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Professional League,. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Dhofar are confident in defense, having played 248 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Dhofar drew their last game, also a home match. Al Oruba (placed 13th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. In the game before, an away victory match versus Mrbat with a 1-0 scoreline.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Dhofar as they have a new game in only three days, a Sultan Cup match thankfully also at home. Oman Club are visiting.

A decent goal production from Dhofar in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Dhofar have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.

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Bahla form and stats

As the visiting team in Professional League matches, Bahla have produced an overall stat of 1-6-1 so far. Visiting Bahla has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Sohar in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Al-Rustaq that ended 0-0.

Bahla are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). 11 goals have been conceded by Bahla in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Bahla - Dhofar 1-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Dhofar, one draw and one win for Bahla. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Dhofar missing players

Bahla missing players

Dhofar Bahla
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 8 16
10 5 0 Won W 0 1 6
4 2 1 Drew D 1 6 7
2 1 1 Lost L 1 1 3
23 13 1 Scored S 2 11 20
6 4 2 Conceded C 3 11 16
81% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
56% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 50%
31% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 44%
12% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
25% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 50%
62% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 38%
31% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 25%
 
6.3 6.2 6 Corners For (avg) C F 6 3.5 2
2.5 2.9 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 4.5 2.8
1.4 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.1
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
167 94 31 Total Shots T S 22 59 70
64 41 10 Shots on Target S O 10 25 26
31% 32% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 44% 77%
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Bahla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bahla have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Dhofar has the fewest conceded goals (6)
  • Dhofar has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
  • Dhofar has the most clean sheets (9)
  • Dhofar has the most matches under the total-line (10)
  • Dhofar has the the best goal difference (+17)
  • Dhofar has the the best goal difference (+9) at home
  • Dhofar have created more than twice as many corners as Bahla.
  • 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 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 16 10 5 1 24 10 8 5 3 0 11 3 8 5 2 1 13 7 14 35
2 Dhofar 16 10 4 2 23 6 8 5 2 1 13 4 8 5 2 1 10 2 17 34
3 Saham 16 8 4 4 22 19 8 6 0 2 14 8 8 2 4 2 8 11 3 28
4 Bahla 16 6 7 3 20 16 8 5 1 2 9 5 8 1 6 1 11 11 4 25
5 Al-Nahda 15 7 3 5 22 19 8 4 2 2 11 9 7 3 1 3 11 10 3 24
6 Al Nasr 16 5 7 4 17 18 8 2 4 2 11 13 8 3 3 2 6 5 -1 22
7 Al-Rustaq 16 5 6 5 17 13 8 2 3 3 11 7 8 3 3 2 6 6 4 21
8 Sohar 16 6 3 7 22 21 8 3 3 2 10 9 8 3 0 5 12 12 1 21
9 Al Suwaiq 16 6 3 7 17 20 8 5 1 2 13 7 8 1 2 5 4 13 -3 21
10 Fanja 16 5 5 6 24 29 8 3 2 3 14 17 8 2 3 3 10 12 -5 20
11 Muscat 16 4 4 8 19 23 8 3 2 3 10 9 8 1 2 5 9 14 -4 16
12 Oman Club 15 4 3 8 12 20 7 3 3 1 7 5 8 1 0 7 5 15 -8 15
13 Al Oruba 16 2 4 10 9 20 8 2 3 3 5 7 8 0 1 7 4 13 -11 10
14 Mrbat 16 2 4 10 12 26 8 1 2 5 6 12 8 1 2 5 6 14 -14 10

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.