The head coach Jaber gearing up to incite Dhofar victory against Sur

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Thu 25.August
Match begins: 13:55 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Saada Stadium (12000 seats)

It's match week two of the Professional League season and everything to play for. Read our complete preview of Dhofar-Sur!

It's quite the trip for Sur when visiting Dhofar as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Dhofar and Sur.

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Dhofar form and stats

The season before, Dhofar's league results were 13 wins, 9 draws and 4 losses, producing 3rd position in the Professional League. Over these 26 matches they scored 39 goals and let in 17. Appearing as the host team in the previous season Dhofar delivered 7-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 10 conceded.

The spoils were shared in Dhofar's previous game, also at home. Visiting Sur (placed 5th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

0-0 away at Al-Nahda before that.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Dhofar home games with this odds we find 8 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

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Sur form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sur performed last season in the Professional League: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 8 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 13/29 goals scored/conceded.

Sur are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Dhofar (placed 9th).

Before that, Sur secured a home win against Al-Musannah with the score 1-0.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Dhofar wins - draws - Sur wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Dhofar missing players

Sur missing players

Dhofar Sur
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2.5
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2.5
0.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4.5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0.5
1.5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0.5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
 
4.5 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 2.5
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Dhofar Last season Sur
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 26
13 7   Won W   2 4
9 4   Drew D   2 8
4 2   Lost L   9 14
39 28   Scored S   13 26
17 10   Conceded C   29 48
85% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
62% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 73%
38% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 54%
19% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 35%
8% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 15%
35% 54%   BTTS BTTS   54% 62%
54% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 15%
27% 15%   Failed to Score F T   38% 31%
 
4.2 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 4.7
3.2 3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 3.8
1.6 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.8
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
7.4 7.8   Shots (avg) S (   7.6 6.4
3.5 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 2.3
49% 58%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 50%
 
6.6 6.3   Shots against (avg) S A   9.4 8.7
2.4 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 3.1

  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Al-Rustaq 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Al Suwaiq 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Sohar 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sur 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Al-Ittihad 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Oman Club 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Al-Nahda 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Dhofar 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Al Oruba 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Al Nasr 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Al-Musannah 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Bahla 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
14 Al-Bashaeer 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season 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 26 16 7 3 50 17 13 8 3 2 27 8 13 8 4 1 23 9 33 55
2 Al-Nahda 26 15 8 3 35 17 13 8 4 1 24 9 13 7 4 2 11 8 18 53
3 Dhofar 26 13 9 4 39 17 13 7 4 2 28 10 13 6 5 2 11 7 22 48
4 Al-Musannah 26 12 7 7 33 24 13 6 4 3 21 14 13 6 3 4 12 10 9 43
5 Al Nasr 26 11 9 6 28 22 13 5 6 2 15 10 13 6 3 4 13 12 6 42
6 Sohar 26 10 9 7 32 31 13 5 5 3 18 12 13 5 4 4 14 19 1 39
7 Al-Rustaq 26 9 8 9 25 24 13 5 4 4 12 8 13 4 4 5 13 16 1 35
8 Oman Club 26 8 7 11 30 33 13 4 3 6 14 13 13 4 4 5 16 20 -3 31
9 Al Suwaiq 26 8 7 11 24 28 13 4 4 5 11 14 13 4 3 6 13 14 -4 31
10 Al-Ittihad 26 5 10 11 20 39 13 2 5 6 7 16 13 3 5 5 13 23 -19 25
11 Bahla 26 5 9 12 28 35 13 3 3 7 16 19 13 2 6 5 12 16 -7 24
12 Muscat 26 5 7 14 21 33 13 3 1 9 13 19 13 2 6 5 8 14 -12 22
13 Saham 26 3 11 12 19 36 13 2 8 3 8 9 13 1 3 9 11 27 -17 20
14 Nizwa 26 4 8 14 15 43 13 3 4 6 9 15 13 1 4 8 6 28 -28 20
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dhofar 26 20 6 0 57 11 14 10 4 0 33 6 12 10 2 0 24 5 46 66
2 Al Nasr 26 14 8 4 40 23 12 7 3 2 22 13 14 7 5 2 18 10 17 50
3 Al-Nahda 26 12 7 7 33 26 12 8 2 2 18 12 14 4 5 5 15 14 7 43
4 Al Suwaiq 26 10 11 5 38 28 13 4 6 3 19 15 13 6 5 2 19 13 10 41
5 Al-Rustaq 26 11 7 8 30 23 12 5 3 4 16 12 14 6 4 4 14 11 7 40
6 Saham 26 11 5 10 37 39 14 8 3 3 24 15 12 3 2 7 13 24 -2 38
7 Sohar 26 10 7 9 37 34 13 9 1 3 25 16 13 1 6 6 12 18 3 37
8 Al Oruba 26 8 12 6 33 24 13 4 7 2 17 9 13 4 5 4 16 15 9 36
9 Muscat 25 8 6 11 30 33 14 5 3 6 17 17 11 3 3 5 13 16 -3 30
10 Oman Club 26 8 3 15 28 45 14 7 1 6 18 19 12 1 2 9 10 26 -17 27
11 Mrbat 23 7 5 11 22 32 12 4 3 5 11 16 11 3 2 6 11 16 -10 26
12 Al-Shabab Club 26 7 3 16 29 45 12 6 1 5 14 15 14 1 2 11 15 30 -16 24
13 Sur 26 4 8 14 26 48 13 2 6 5 13 19 13 2 2 9 13 29 -22 20
14 Mjees 26 4 5 17 15 42 12 2 3 7 8 16 14 2 2 10 7 26 -27 17
15 Mirbat 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
16 Al Shabab 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0

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.