Dhofar welcomes Al-Nahda to this second leg of the Sultan Cup Semi-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
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.
Dhofar form and stats
Last season, Dhofar's Sultan Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.Overall Professional League stats at home this season for Dhofar are 6-3-2 (wins-draw-losses). On the other hand, in the Sultan Cup, Dhofar has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Happy days for Dhofar in their previous game, a Professional League match away at Oman Club that ended with a 4-0 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Sohar with the scoreline 0-1.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Dhofar played a great game against Oman Club and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Dhofar have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Salalah Youth Complex with 18 goals in 11 league matches. Dhofar are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Salalah Youth Complex in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 11 matches.
Al-Nahda form and stats
They also participated in Sultan Cup last season. This ended in the 16th finals.As the visiting team in Professional League matches, Al-Nahda have produced an overall stat of 4-3-4 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Sultan Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.
Two travels in a row for Al-Nahda, whose manager B. Fernandes da Costa Meneses Pereira could celebrate last time after the Professional League win against Oman Club. Before that, Al-Nahda secured a home win against Saham with the score 2-1.
The visiting Al-Nahda have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 11 games. As opposed to that, Al-Nahda have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Al-Nahda - Dhofar 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Dhofar victories, four draws and one Al-Nahda win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Dhofar missing players
Al-Nahda missing players
| Dhofar | Al-Nahda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 45 | 18 | Scored | S | 14 | 37 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 311 | 177 | Total Shots | T S | 78 | 205 | ||
| 119 | 74 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 72 | ||
| 32% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 46% | ||
| 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 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 49 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 26 | 44 |
| 3 | Al-Nahda | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 33 |
| 4 | Saham | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 32 |
| 6 | Sohar | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Fanja | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Bahla | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Muscat | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -1 | 28 |
| 10 | Al Suwaiq | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 28 |
| 11 | Al-Rustaq | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 27 |
| 12 | Oman Club | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 23 |
| 13 | Al Oruba | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 20 |
| 14 | Mrbat | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -20 | 12 |