Delightful dogfight as daring Dhofar duel with determined Sohar

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Thu 03.November
Match begins: 13:05 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Saada Stadium (12000 seats)

Exciting top table cliff-hanger in Professional League as Sohar have travelled the 683 miles necessary to confront Dhofar at their Al-Saada Stadium.

Insights:
  • Dhofar have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Sohar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

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.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Dhofar form and stats

Dhofar have collected seven points from their first three Professional League games here at Al-Saada Stadium, a promising start.

The Dhofar coach Jaber and his side return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Al Suwaiq in the Sultan Cup. Until that beating this club had gone six consecutive league fixtures without a loss.

A Professional League defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Oman Club.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Dhofar handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Dhofar has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Sohar form and stats

Sohar are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Professional League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

The Sohar goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Two away matches in a row for Sohar, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 vs Al-Shabab Club in the Sultan Cup.

Earlier, the Sultan Cup victory away at Al-Khabourah. We have checked recent matches where Sohar have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Something to take note of for sports gamblers wanting to bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this fixture: This club have played 6 consecutive league games with just one or no team finding the net.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sohar as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Sohar are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {1 goals} away.

Head 2 Head

Dhofar-Sohar H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Dhofar seven wins, Sohar one win, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Dhofar missing players

Sohar missing players

Dhofar Sohar
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 2 3 6
4 2 0 Won W 0 1 4
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
8 3 0 Scored S 0 2 7
4 0 0 Conceded C 1 1 1
71% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 67% 83%
43% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 33%
29% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 17%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
71% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 67% 83%
29% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 33%
 
3.6 6.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 2.6
5.3 4.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 3.8
1.7 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.3 6.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 3.5 5
3 3.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
38% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
7.9 5.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11 7.2
2.9 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 1.4
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Dhofar have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Dhofar have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sohar have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sohar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sohar have won significantly less corners away then 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-Nahda 8 5 3 0 9 1 4 3 1 0 6 0 4 2 2 0 3 1 8 18
2 Al-Rustaq 8 5 3 0 6 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 4 3 1 0 4 0 6 18
3 Dhofar 7 4 2 1 8 4 3 2 1 0 3 0 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 14
4 Sohar 6 4 1 1 7 1 3 3 0 0 5 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 6 13
5 Al Suwaiq 7 4 1 2 7 5 3 2 1 0 3 0 4 2 0 2 4 5 2 13
6 Al-Musannah 8 2 4 2 7 7 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 10
7 Al Seeb 5 2 2 1 7 4 4 2 1 1 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 8
8 Bahla 6 2 2 2 4 4 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 8
9 Oman Club 7 2 2 3 5 7 4 1 0 3 2 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 -2 8
10 Sur 7 2 0 5 5 7 3 1 0 2 2 3 4 1 0 3 3 4 -2 6
11 Al Nasr 7 1 3 3 4 6 3 1 1 1 4 2 4 0 2 2 0 4 -2 6
12 Al-Ittihad 8 1 2 5 2 9 4 1 2 1 2 2 4 0 0 4 0 7 -7 5
13 Al Oruba 7 0 4 3 4 9 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 0 2 2 2 6 -5 4
14 Al-Bashaeer 7 0 1 6 2 13 4 0 1 3 2 7 3 0 0 3 0 6 -11 1

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.