Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dhofar & Al Oruba face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Sultan Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Al Oruba have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Dhofar and Al Oruba.
Dhofar form and stats
As mentioned below, Dhofar are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Professional League games.
The spoils were shared in Dhofar's previous game, also at home. Visiting Al Oruba travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Saham.Dhofar are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew three and lost one.
Goals decide football matches and Dhofar are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches. Dhofar have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Al Oruba form and stats
They also participated in Sultan Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Al Oruba have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Professional League, after 3-1-9 (13 played).
Oruba has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Dhofar for a Sultan Cup game that ended a draw (1-1).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Sohar in the Sultan Cup.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Oruba as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. Al Oruba have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior ten meetings between these two sides are: one win for Dhofar, six draws and three wins for Al Oruba. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.Dhofar missing players
Al Oruba missing players
| Dhofar | Al Oruba | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 25 | Scored | S | 12 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 28% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| 1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.7 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 48% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 104% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 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 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 25 | 57 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 31 | 52 |
| 3 | Fanja | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 42 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 39 |
| 4 | Al-Nahda | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 38 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 37 |
| 6 | Bahla | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | Muscat | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 35 |
| 8 | Al-Rustaq | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 33 |
| 9 | Saham | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 33 |
| 10 | Sohar | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 11 | Al Suwaiq | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 32 |
| 12 | Al Oruba | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 13 | Oman Club | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -17 | 27 |
| 14 | Mrbat | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 33 | -36 | 12 |
