International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Al Faisaly and Foolad are looking forward to this AFC Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Round of 16.
Foolad have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Al Faisaly form and stats
Al Faisaly have played 11 Division 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The Al Faisaly fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Al Thumama Stadium: A 1-3 defeat against Al Akhdoud.
Prior to that, an away loss at Hajer in the Division 1.Al Faisaly are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. On the other hand, Faisaly have conceded 14 goals.
Foolad form and stats
Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Foolad playing as the away team in the Persian Gulf Pro League this season.
Foolad have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 338 minutes ago. Torres was the goal scorer.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Foolad, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Mes Rafsanjan.
The game before that, in the Persian Gulf Pro League, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Sepahan.The schedule is very tough for Foolad now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Hazfi Cup game at Gol Gohar is waiting in only two days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Foolad as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Aliyari 3 goals |  S. Ansari 2 goals | H. Bouhamdan 1 goals |
Al Faisaly missing players
Foolad missing players
| Al Faisaly | Foolad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 28 | 18 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.4 | ||
| 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 112% | 74% | ||
| 8.2 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 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 Hazm | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 43 |
| 2 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Al Riyadh | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 41 |
| 4 | Al Akhdoud | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 40 |
| 5 | Al Faisaly | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 37 |
| 6 | Al Arabi | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Jeddah | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Al Kholood | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Hajer | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 10 | Ohod | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 11 | Al-Ain | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 25 |
| 12 | Al Jabalain | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Al Qaisoma | 21 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 23 |
| 14 | Al Orubah | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 15 | Al Quadisiya | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 22 |
| 16 | Al Sahel | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -7 | 20 |
| 17 | Najran | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -17 | 18 |
| 18 | Al Shoalah | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -19 | 11 |
| 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 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 42 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 39 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 39 |
| 4 | Gol Gohar | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 6 | Aluminium Arak | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Mes Rafsanjan | 20 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
| 8 | Havadar | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Foolad | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -5 | 22 |
| 11 | Malavan | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 22 |
| 12 | Paykan | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 21 |
| 13 | Zob Ahan | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 14 | Mes Kerman | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 15 | Sanat Naft | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -27 | 12 |
