Al-Ittihad have journeyed here for an interesting fight against the home team Sohar. Get ready for the match with this thorough Professional League preview!
Both teams have had enough rest since their previous game. Let's look for an energetic fixture!
Sohar form and stats
Sohar have only played one Professional League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats from 13 matches.
The Sohar goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 355 minutes without conceding a goal in the Professional League.
An away draw last time out for Sohar, facing Al-Rustaq in a game that ended 0-0.
Before that, Sohar had a home game versus Al Nasr which ended with a victory 1-0.Early season league goal statistics from Sohar's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
Al-Ittihad form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Professional League ended in defeat. Last season Al-Ittihad had these away match statistics: Played 13; won 3, drew 5 and lost 5.
Al-Ittihad play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Al Suwaiq (placed 2nd). Before that defeat this team had gained at least a draw from seven league fixtures in a row.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Oman Club.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Al-Ittihad playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 3 draws and 1 home win.
Al-Ittihad have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Sohar one win, two draws and Al-Ittihad zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Sohar missing players
Al-Ittihad missing players
| Sohar | Al-Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 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% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.5 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 9.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 3.5 |
| Sohar | Last season | Al-Ittihad | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 13 | 20 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 23 | 39 | ||
| 85% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 81% | ||
| 65% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 65% | ||
| 42% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 42% | ||
| 27% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 23% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 50% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 42% | ||
| 31% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 27% | ||
| 35% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 50% | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6.2 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 42% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 35% | ||
| 5.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.4 | 7.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Al Suwaiq | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Al-Rustaq | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Al-Nahda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Dhofar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Sohar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Al Nasr | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Bahla | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Sur | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Al-Musannah | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Oman Club | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Al-Ittihad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Al Oruba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 14 | Al-Bashaeer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 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 |
