The visiting Fanja side should be favourites in this visit to Sohar, as the away team holds a 4 point advantage from their 25 league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither Sohar nor Fanja as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Sohar form and stats
4 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Sohar have to build on here at Sohar Regional Sports Complex in the Professional League. Sohar have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Y. Abdulkarim was the last player to score a league goal for Sohar and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Sohar haven't scored in 490 minutes.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Saham that ended 0-0.
Sohar aren't scoring a lot here at Sohar Regional Sports Complex in the league, with only 11 goals from 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Sohar have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Fanja form and stats
Playing away, Fanja have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the Professional League this season.
Fanja have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 15 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Fanja have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sohar and Fanja have met before this season: Fanja - Sohar 1-3. Sohar-Fanja H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sohar six wins, Fanja three wins, one draw. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Sohar missing players
Fanja missing players
| Sohar | Fanja | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 27 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 40 |
| 28 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 40 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 56% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 84% |
| 44% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 58% | 72% |
| 24% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 48% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 40% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 84% |
| 28% | 42% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 40% | 42% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 108 | 14 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 96 | 242 |
| 40 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 31 | 83 |
| 65% | 138% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | 39% |
- Fanja has the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Professional League
- Fanja has the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Professional League
- Fanja has the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Professional League
- Fanja has the most matches over the total-line (15) in Professional League
- Fanja has the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Professional League
- Sohar has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Professional League
| 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 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 23 | 54 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 31 | 51 |
| 3 | Fanja | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| 4 | Al Nasr | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 36 |
| 5 | Al-Nahda | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 35 |
| 6 | Al-Rustaq | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 33 |
| 7 | Saham | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 33 |
| 8 | Bahla | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 32 |
| 9 | Muscat | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -1 | 32 |
| 10 | Sohar | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 18 | -1 | 32 |
| 11 | Al Suwaiq | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 32 |
| 12 | Al Oruba | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 27 |
| 13 | Oman Club | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -16 | 27 |
| 14 | Mrbat | 25 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -33 | 12 |