The league table is allowed to rest as Al-Nahda and Dhofar battle for Sultan Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Al-Nahda form and stats
Last season, Al-Nahda's Sultan Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.The story so far in the Professional League for Al-Nahda at their home stadium (Buraimi Sports Complex) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. On the other hand, in the Sultan Cup, Al-Nahda has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Al-Nahda are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Dhofar. Ahead of that match, Al-Nahda lost 1-3 at home to Sohar.
Al-Nahda were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The Al-Nahda fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. Al-Nahda have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Dhofar form and stats
Last season their Sultan Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Dhofar have an excellent away record in the Professional League so far with 6-2-1 from 9 games. When we have look at the Sultan Cup statistics, we find 3W-1D-0L. This is both home and away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Bahla game have they lost an away game, meaning Dhofar has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Dhofar goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 224 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Dhofar won their last game, 4-0 versus Al-Nahda played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Al Jazeera in the AFC Cup.
As mentioned above, Dhofar was the only team on the pitch versus Al-Nahda in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Dhofar are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Dhofar are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Al-Nahda victory, three draws and six Dhofar wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Al-Nahda missing players
Dhofar missing players
| Al-Nahda | Dhofar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Scored | S | 20 | 39 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 68% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 8% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 193 | 105 | Total Shots | T S | 104 | 275 | ||
| 71 | 41 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 103 | ||
| 46% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 44 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 41 |
| 3 | Saham | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | Sohar | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 27 |
| 5 | Bahla | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Al Nasr | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 26 |
| 7 | Fanja | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Al-Nahda | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | Muscat | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 10 | Al-Rustaq | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Al Suwaiq | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 12 | Oman Club | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Mrbat | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 12 |
| 14 | Al Oruba | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 11 |