Soccer betting preview: Sur welcomes Sohar in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Oman Professional League
Competition: Fri 17.March
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sur Sports Complex (8000 seats)

Sohar know they will have a back-breaking excursion to Sur and their Sur Sports Complex. This article has all the facts and figures you require ahead of the fixture.

Insights:
  • Sur is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Sur have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sohar have scored away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sur form and stats

When playing at home in the Professional League, Sur have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 9 games. Sur has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Khamis and the players.

The Sur regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Sur Sports Complex: A 1-2 defeat against Oman Club (after extra-time) (placed 6th).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Bahla (after extra-time).

Sur have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Sohar form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Professional League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on the Sohar manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

The club members enjoyed Sohar's previous match versus Al-Bashaeer (after extra-time) (placed 13th), a 2-1 win played at home.

Before that, Sohar secured a home win against Al-Nahda (after extra-time) with the score 1-0.

A tale of few goals? 12 of this side's most recent 15 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.

Goals are few and far between in Sohar's away league games. Only {4 goals} from 8 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Sohar as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have fought previously this season: Sohar - Sur 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sur five wins, three draws and Sohar two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Sur missing players

Sohar missing players

Sur Sohar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 4 Played P 3 8 18
5 3 1 Won W 2 3 9
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
11 5 2 Lost L 1 4 7
14 9 4 Scored S 3 4 18
22 11 5 Conceded C 1 4 12
89% 89% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
56% 44% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 12% 39%
33% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 22%
11% 22% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
11% 22% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
33% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 22%
28% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 50%
50% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 62% 33%
 
4.4 3.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.3 2.6
4.3 3.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 5.2 3.8
2.1 1.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
5.8 0.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 4.2 3.9
2 0.7 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 1 1.4
35% 100% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 61%
 
6.5 1.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 14 9.7 6.2
3 0.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.2 1.8
Key stats in Professional League this season:
  • Sohar have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Sur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sur have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sohar have scored away.
  • Sur have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Sur is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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-Nahda 18 11 6 1 20 5 8 7 1 0 11 0 10 4 5 1 9 5 15 39
2 Al Suwaiq 18 11 3 4 17 9 9 7 2 0 10 1 9 4 1 4 7 8 8 36
3 Al-Rustaq 19 10 5 4 20 15 10 4 3 3 6 8 9 6 2 1 14 7 5 35
4 Al Seeb 17 7 8 2 16 8 8 2 5 1 6 3 9 5 3 1 10 5 8 29
5 Sohar 18 9 2 7 18 12 10 6 1 3 14 8 8 3 1 4 4 4 6 29
6 Oman Club 18 7 7 4 15 11 9 4 2 3 7 7 9 3 5 1 8 4 4 28
7 Bahla 17 8 3 6 18 14 9 5 1 3 13 9 8 3 2 3 5 5 4 27
8 Dhofar 18 7 6 5 17 13 9 3 3 3 9 8 9 4 3 2 8 5 4 27
9 Al Nasr 19 4 9 6 16 19 9 2 4 3 8 8 10 2 5 3 8 11 -3 21
10 Al-Musannah 18 3 11 4 12 13 9 2 6 1 9 7 9 1 5 3 3 6 -1 20
11 Sur 18 5 2 11 14 22 9 3 1 5 9 11 9 2 1 6 5 11 -8 17
12 Al-Ittihad 18 4 4 10 9 19 8 2 4 2 3 3 10 2 0 8 6 16 -10 16
13 Al-Bashaeer 18 2 3 13 13 29 9 2 1 6 8 14 9 0 2 7 5 15 -16 9
14 Al Oruba 18 0 7 11 11 27 10 0 4 6 4 12 8 0 3 5 7 15 -16 7

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.