A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Dhofar fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Saham's 14th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Dhofar has the most points from losing position (6) in Professional League
- Saham has the most conceded goals (16) in Professional League
Dhofar and Saham should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for Saham when visiting Dhofar as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Dhofar form and stats
Perfect Professional League season at home so far for Dhofar 3 wins from 3 appearances.
Dhofar's last game was hosting Al-Musannah (placed 3rd) and winning 2-0. Before that, Dhofar played out a Professional League draw 1-1 when visiting Nizwa.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Dhofar as they are travelling to their away game against Al-Musannah in the Sultan Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Dhofar are scoring many of them at home; 6 on target from 3 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Dhofar have only let in 0 goals at home.
Saham form and stats
The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (16) in Professional League, are W1-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Professional League. Saham has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Saham, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Al Seeb (placed 1st). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Oman Club in the Professional League.
A quick return to home after this game, as Saham are hosting Al Seeb in the Sultan Cup only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Saham as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Saham struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Dhofar won five games, one match ended with a draw and Saham has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeDhofar missing players
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| Dhofar | Saham | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 12.5 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9 | 7.3 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 50% | 50% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
- All of Dhofar's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dhofar has the most points from losing position (6) in Professional League
- Dhofar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Dhofar have scored in all their matches so far.
- Dhofar have scored more than double the goals of Saham.
- Dhofar have won all their matches at home so far.
- Dhofar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Saham has the most conceded goals (16) in Professional League
- Saham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Saham have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Saham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 22 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 16 |
| 3 | Al-Musannah | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 4 | Al Suwaiq | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Bahla | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | Al-Rustaq | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Oman Club | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Al-Ittihad | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 10 | Sohar | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 | Nizwa | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 12 | Al-Nahda | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Muscat | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 3 |
| 14 | Saham | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 0 |