A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Dhofar and Oman Club know what's at stake in this second leg of the Sultan Cup Quarter-finals clash.
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.
It's quite the trip for Oman Club when visiting Dhofar as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Dhofar form and stats
Dhofar participated in Sultan Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Dhofar are steadily winning Professional League games and points here at The Salalah Youth Complex. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Sultan Cup for Dhofar. Dhofar have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The spoils were shared in Dhofar's previous game, also at home. Visiting Bahla travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Al Oruba that ended 0-0.
A decent goal production from Dhofar in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Dhofar have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Oman Club form and stats
Oman Club's mission in Sultan Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Oman Club so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-7 (win-draw-lose). When we have look at the Sultan Cup statistics, we find 2W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.
Oman Club are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Al Nasr. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Saham in the Professional League.
The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Oman Club we find one game. Results are zero Oman Club wins, zero draws and one defeat.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Oman Club as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. Oman Club have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Oman Club - Dhofar 0-3 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dhofar six wins, four draws and Oman Club zero victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Dhofar missing players
Oman Club missing players
| Dhofar | Oman Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Scored | S | 16 | 30 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Conceded | C | 27 | 39 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 6 | 6.1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.9 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.5 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 254 | 150 | Total Shots | T S | 54 | 112 | ||
| 99 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 42 | ||
| 36% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 50% | ||
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 38 |
| 2 | Dhofar | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 35 |
| 3 | Saham | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | Bahla | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 26 |
| 5 | Al-Nahda | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | Al Nasr | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 23 |
| 7 | Al-Rustaq | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Sohar | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Al Suwaiq | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Fanja | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Muscat | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Oman Club | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 16 |
| 13 | Al Oruba | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 14 | Mrbat | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -17 | 10 |