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.
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.
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 | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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 |