Foolad and Al Hilal get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this AFC Champions League Quarter-finals fixture.
It's quite the trip for Al Hilal when visiting Foolad as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
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 Foolad and Al Hilal.
Foolad form and stats
Last season, Foolad's AFC Champions League journey ended in the group stage.2-6-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Persian Gulf Pro League numbers at home for Foolad so far this season.
Foolad haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 338 minutes ago. Torres scored that one.
Foolad are returning here after visiting Al Faisaly in a AFC Champions League match and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. The versatile forward Ansari outdid all the other footballers in that match and managed a match rating of 7.42 out of 10. Ansari scored one goal.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Mes Rafsanjan (0-2).Foolad have scored {7 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Foolad have conceded only 7 goals.
Al Hilal form and stats
Hilal's mission in AFC Champions League last season failed in the finals.Al Hilal have an excellent away record in the Pro League so far with 4-3-0 from 7 games.
The club members enjoyed Al Hilal's previous match versus Shabab Al Ahli Dubai, a AFC Champions League win (3-1) played at home. Midfield player Vietto was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.35/10. Vietto scored one goal, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 42 successful passes (of 52 total).
A defeat, in the FIFA Club World Cup away at Real Madrid, before that.
Al Hilal find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Hilal as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Foolad wins - draws - Al Hilal wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Ighalo 8 goals |   M. Aliyari 3 goals |
Foolad missing players
Al Hilal missing players
| Foolad | Al Hilal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Scored | S | 20 | 46 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 84% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 2.6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 7.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4.9 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 13.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 62% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 Nassr | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 27 | 40 |
| 2 | Al Ittihad | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 40 |
| 3 | Al Shabab | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 40 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Al Fateh | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Dhamk | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Al Ta'ee | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Abha | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 10 | Al Raed | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 20 |
| 11 | Al Ittifaq | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 19 |
| 12 | Al Feiha | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Al Wahda | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 21 | -22 | 10 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 21 | -33 | 3 |
