Fanja vs Dhofar match preview

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Date: Fri 03.January
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)

This could be an interesting match as Fanja have their presumed home advantage while Dhofar are ahead 11 points in the Professional League table.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Professional League. That game was also an away game, at Al Nasr. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

It's quite the trip for Dhofar when visiting Fanja as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

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Fanja form and stats

Overall Professional League stats at home this season for Fanja, who have the most conceded goals (12) at home in Professional League, are 2-2-2 (wins-draw-losses). The Fanja manager might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Fanja's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Sohar (placed 4th). Before that, Fanja played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Al-Rustaq.

The Fanja fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Fanja are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 6 played).

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Dhofar form and stats

3-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Dhofar, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Professional League, in their Professional League matches away. It’s been three wins in a row for Dhofar on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Two travels in a row for Dhofar, whose manager Hossam Al Sayed could celebrate last time after the Professional League win against Al Nasr. Preceding that game was the away Sultan Cup victory against Oman Club with the score of 3-0.

Dhofar find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 6 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Dhofar's manager Hossam Al Sayed has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Dhofar - Fanja 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Fanja, 2 draws and 5 wins for Dhofar. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

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Fanja Dhofar
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 3 Played P 3 6 13
4 2 1 Won W 1 3 8
4 2 1 Drew D 1 2 3
5 2 1 Lost L 1 1 2
20 10 3 Scored S 2 6 19
24 12 4 Conceded C 1 1 5
92% 83% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 67% 85%
92% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 33% 62%
77% 83% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 31%
38% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
23% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
92% 83% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 23%
8% 17% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 83% 62%
8% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 31%
 
4.6 5.5 5.3 Corners For (avg) C F 6.3 5.6 5.8
5 4.8 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 1.3 2 2.2
1.9 2 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.2 1.3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
 
146 77 38 Total Shots T S 30 49 143
58 34 16 Shots on Target S O 11 14 55
28% 29% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 21% 29%
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Dhofar has the fewest conceded goals (1) away
  • Dhofar has the fewest conceded goals (5)
  • Dhofar has the most clean sheets (4) away
  • Dhofar has the most clean sheets (7)
  • Dhofar has the most matches under the total-line (8)
  • Dhofar has the the best goal difference (+14)
  • Dhofar has the the best goal difference (+5) 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.
  • Fanja has the most conceded goals (12) at home
  • Fanja has the most conceded goals in the second half (14)
  • Fanja has the most dropped points from leading position (11)
  • Fanja has the most scored goals in the first half (11)
  • Fanja have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 13 8 3 2 19 5 7 5 1 1 13 4 6 3 2 1 6 1 14 27
2 Al Seeb 12 8 3 1 18 8 7 5 2 0 11 3 5 3 1 1 7 5 10 27
3 Saham 12 7 2 3 18 15 6 5 0 1 12 6 6 2 2 2 6 9 3 23
4 Sohar 13 6 3 4 21 17 7 3 3 1 10 8 6 3 0 3 11 9 4 21
5 Al-Nahda 12 6 2 4 19 16 7 3 2 2 9 8 5 3 0 2 10 8 3 20
6 Al Nasr 13 5 4 4 13 14 6 2 2 2 8 10 7 3 2 2 5 4 -1 19
7 Al-Rustaq 12 5 3 4 16 10 7 2 2 3 11 7 5 3 1 1 5 3 6 18
8 Bahla 12 4 6 2 17 14 5 3 1 1 6 3 7 1 5 1 11 11 3 18
9 Fanja 13 4 4 5 20 24 6 2 2 2 10 12 7 2 2 3 10 12 -4 16
10 Muscat 13 4 3 6 15 17 7 3 1 3 9 8 6 1 2 3 6 9 -2 15
11 Al Suwaiq 12 4 2 6 12 16 6 4 0 2 11 6 6 0 2 4 1 10 -4 14
12 Oman Club 13 4 2 7 11 18 6 3 2 1 6 4 7 1 0 6 5 14 -7 14
13 Al Oruba 12 1 2 9 7 16 5 1 2 2 3 3 7 0 0 7 4 13 -9 5
14 Mrbat 12 0 3 9 8 24 5 0 1 4 3 10 7 0 2 5 5 14 -16 3

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.