King Abdullah Sports City AFC Champions League clash: Crowds ready for Al Ahli Jeddah - Esteghlal action

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Tue 27.April
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City (62345 seats)

Esteghlal have traveled here for an interesting AFC Champions League fight against Al Ahli Jeddah. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

Jeddah have less rest than Esteghlal in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a AFC Champions League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at King Abdullah Sports City. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Esteghlal have had more rest.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Al Ahli Jeddah form and stats

Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the quarter-finals.

Al Ahli Jeddah have collected 17 points from their Pro League home games so far after 4-5-4. On the other hand, in the AFC Champions League, Al Ahli Jeddah has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. It's trouble wherever Jeddah are playing these days as they have suffered six straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Three consecutive losses here at King Abdullah Sports City is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Jeddah drew their last game, also a home match. Al Shorta was the opponent, 1-1 the score. In the game before, an away victory in the AFC Champions League match versus Al Shorta with a 3-0 scoreline.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Al Ahli Jeddah as they are travelling to their away game against Al Duhail in the AFC Champions League. That match is three days after this one.

Al Ahli Jeddah are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. On the other hand, Jeddah have conceded 18 goals.

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Esteghlal form and stats

They also participated in AFC Champions League last season. This ended in the 8th finals.

The visitors are W4-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Total AFC Champions League statistics for Esteghlal: 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

Esteghlal have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri. It's been 345 minutes since they last conceded in Persian Gulf Pro League.

There might be some fixture complaints from Esteghlal as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the AFC Champions League match against Al Duhail (3-4). Prior to that result Esteghlal won their away game at Al Shorta in the AFC Champions League. The scoreline was 3-0.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Esteghlal, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Esteghlal have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. Esteghlal are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Esteghlal - Jeddah 5-2. Last three meetings between the teams: Al Ahli Jeddah won one, Esteghlal won two and zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Al Ahli Jeddah Esteghlal
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   14 25
8 3   Won W   6 13
6 6   Drew D   4 7
11 5   Lost L   4 5
37 16   Scored S   21 39
46 20   Conceded C   15 21
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 88%
92% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 72%
72% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 40%
32% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 16%
20% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 8%
72% 64%   BTTS BTTS   57% 44%
16% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 48%
16% 21%   Failed to Score F T   21% 20%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.3 9.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.6 10.1
3.9 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.8
39% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 42%

  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 Duhail 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 7
2 Esteghlal 3 2 0 1 11 6 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 6 4 5 6
3 Al Ahli Jeddah 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 4
4 Al Shorta 3 0 0 3 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 -8 0
  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 Hilal 25 14 6 5 45 22 12 8 2 2 21 9 13 6 4 3 24 13 23 48
2 Al Shabab 25 14 6 5 51 32 12 7 3 2 21 12 13 7 3 3 30 20 19 48
3 Al Ittihad 26 12 10 4 39 26 14 7 4 3 20 12 12 5 6 1 19 14 13 46
4 Al Taawon 25 11 8 6 33 20 12 6 4 2 18 9 13 5 4 4 15 11 13 41
5 Al Ittifaq 26 11 5 10 39 40 13 5 2 6 18 22 13 6 3 4 21 18 -1 38
6 Al Nassr 25 10 6 9 42 33 12 6 3 3 27 15 13 4 3 6 15 18 9 36
7 Al Raed 26 10 5 11 39 37 13 3 3 7 20 22 13 7 2 4 19 15 2 35
8 Al Fateh 26 10 5 11 44 47 13 3 3 7 22 29 13 7 2 4 22 18 -3 35
9 Al Ahli Jeddah 25 10 5 10 38 44 13 4 5 4 17 18 12 6 0 6 21 26 -6 35
10 Al Quadisiya 26 8 10 8 39 40 13 5 4 4 20 21 13 3 6 4 19 19 -1 34
11 Abha 26 10 4 12 38 44 13 5 3 5 18 20 13 5 1 7 20 24 -6 34
12 Al Faisaly 25 7 9 9 32 33 13 3 5 5 17 21 12 4 4 4 15 12 -1 30
13 Al Batin 26 7 8 11 35 47 13 4 3 6 18 20 13 3 5 5 17 27 -12 29
14 Dhamk 26 7 7 12 37 46 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 2 3 8 18 28 -9 28
15 Al Wahda 26 8 3 15 35 53 13 3 1 9 18 30 13 5 2 6 17 23 -18 27
16 Al-Ain 26 5 5 16 30 52 13 4 2 7 18 26 13 1 3 9 12 26 -22 20
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sepahan 21 13 5 3 36 19 10 6 3 1 15 6 11 7 2 2 21 13 17 44
2 Persepolis 20 11 8 1 27 10 11 9 2 0 16 4 9 2 6 1 11 6 17 41
3 Esteghlal 19 9 7 3 22 12 9 5 3 1 10 4 10 4 4 2 12 8 10 34
4 Gol Gohar 20 9 5 6 24 20 11 4 3 4 14 15 9 5 2 2 10 5 4 32
5 Aluminium Arak 21 6 11 4 20 23 11 3 6 2 12 15 10 3 5 2 8 8 -3 29
6 Mes Rafsanjan 21 7 7 7 15 15 10 4 2 4 9 8 11 3 5 3 6 7 0 28
7 Foolad 18 6 9 3 17 11 8 5 3 0 10 2 10 1 6 3 7 9 6 27
8 Tractor Sazi 19 7 6 6 17 17 10 2 4 4 6 8 9 5 2 2 11 9 0 27
9 Paykan 21 6 8 7 19 22 10 4 4 2 11 9 11 2 4 5 8 13 -3 26
10 Sanat Naft 20 6 7 7 15 16 9 5 3 1 11 6 11 1 4 6 4 10 -1 25
11 Padideh Khorasan 20 6 7 7 20 22 10 4 4 2 12 8 10 2 3 5 8 14 -2 25
12 Naft Masjed Soleyman 21 5 9 7 14 17 11 4 4 3 12 10 10 1 5 4 2 7 -3 24
13 Zob Ahan 20 3 9 8 19 26 10 2 5 3 9 11 10 1 4 5 10 15 -7 18
14 Saipa 20 3 9 8 10 17 10 2 5 3 5 6 10 1 4 5 5 11 -7 18
15 Nassaji Mazandaran 21 4 4 13 16 26 11 2 4 5 9 12 10 2 0 8 7 14 -10 16
16 Machine Sazi 20 1 7 12 13 31 10 1 4 5 7 12 10 0 3 7 6 19 -18 10

Table
  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 Duhail 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 7
2 Esteghlal 3 2 0 1 11 6 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 6 4 5 6
3 Al Ahli Jeddah 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 4
4 Al Shorta 3 0 0 3 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 -8 0

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