AFC Champions League match preview: Persepolis versus Al Sharjah

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Thu 24.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)

Persepolis and Al Sharjah get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this AFC Champions League Group Stage fixture.

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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Persepolis form and stats

Last season, Persepolis's AFC Champions League journey ended in the group stage.

Persepolis have performed here this season with 10 wins from 15 Persian Gulf Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 3. This match is a AFC Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in this competition.

Persepolis's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Al Duhail. A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Taawon and winning 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Persepolis perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Persepolis as a small favourite), we find seven games. Persepolis has won three of these, drawn three and lost one.

Persepolis has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Persepolis are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 15 matches.

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Al Sharjah form and stats

5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Al Sharjah playing as the away team in the Uae League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the AFC Champions League stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away.

Sharjah play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 6-0 victory visiting Al Taawon. A home win before that, celebrating 4-2 vs Al Duhail.

As you can tell from the results above, Sharjah was very dominant against Al Taawon, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with Caio, Mohammed Abdulbasit and Welliton (3) providing the goals. It's hard not to mention Welliton's lethal finishing against Al Taawon. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sharjah playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were four Al Sharjah wins, one draw and one defeat.

The Al Sharjah manager A. Al Anberi has got the team scoring on the road, with 23 away goals in 10 league matches. As opposed to that, Sharjah have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Al Sharjah - Persepolis 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

PersepolisM. Torabi
M. Torabi
11 goals
PersepolisA. Alipour
A. Alipour
11 goals
PersepolisV. Amiri
V. Amiri
6 goals

Persepolis missing players

Al Sharjah missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Persepolis Al Sharjah
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
17 8   Won W   5 10
5 2   Drew D   1 6
3 2   Lost L   6 9
40 18   Scored S   23 47
18 8   Conceded C   15 32
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
60% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 88%
40% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 64%
24% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 36%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 20%
36% 33%   BTTS BTTS   58% 72%
52% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 20%
12% 17%   Failed to Score F T   8% 12%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.5
3 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
238 86   Total Shots T S   130 287
96 35   Shots on Target S O   60 112
39% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 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 5 3 0 2 7 7 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 2 3 6 0 9
2 Al Sharjah 5 2 1 2 13 7 3 1 1 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 7 2 6 7
3 Persepolis 5 2 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 7
4 Al Taawon 5 2 0 3 3 8 3 1 0 2 2 7 2 1 0 1 1 1 -5 6
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Persepolis 30 21 4 5 46 17 15 10 2 3 19 9 15 11 2 2 27 8 29 67
2 Esteghlal 30 14 11 5 55 31 15 8 5 2 25 12 15 6 6 3 30 19 24 53
3 Foolad 30 14 9 7 28 19 15 10 3 2 15 5 15 4 6 5 13 14 9 51
4 Tractor Sazi 30 14 8 8 31 23 15 11 2 2 21 10 15 3 6 6 10 13 8 50
5 Sepahan 30 12 13 5 39 22 15 9 4 2 22 8 15 3 9 3 17 14 17 49
6 Padideh Khorasan 30 12 10 8 27 25 15 8 5 2 17 10 15 4 5 6 10 15 2 46
7 Sanat Naft 30 11 8 11 29 33 15 7 5 3 23 17 15 4 3 8 6 16 -4 41
8 Naft Masjed Soleyman 30 7 17 6 24 22 15 5 8 2 13 9 15 2 9 4 11 13 2 38
9 Nassaji Mazandaran 30 8 14 8 30 32 15 4 8 3 15 17 15 4 6 5 15 15 -2 38
10 Gol Gohar 30 7 12 11 27 34 15 3 9 3 13 13 15 4 3 8 14 21 -7 33
11 Machine Sazi 30 8 7 15 28 40 15 6 4 5 17 16 15 2 3 10 11 24 -12 31
12 Zob Ahan 30 7 9 14 31 39 15 5 4 6 17 20 15 2 5 8 14 19 -8 30
13 Paykan 30 6 11 13 38 44 15 5 3 7 22 23 15 1 8 6 16 21 -6 29
14 Saipa 30 5 14 11 24 35 15 3 8 4 10 14 15 2 6 7 14 21 -11 29
15 Pars Jam Bushehr 30 4 15 11 20 30 15 4 8 3 15 15 15 0 7 8 5 15 -10 27
16 Shahin Bushehr 30 4 10 16 26 57 15 2 8 5 14 27 15 2 2 11 12 30 -31 22
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 19 13 4 2 41 13 10 7 2 1 27 9 9 6 2 1 14 4 28 43
2 Al Ain 19 11 4 4 46 21 9 4 3 2 17 11 10 7 1 2 29 10 25 37
3 Al Jazira 19 11 3 5 29 17 9 4 1 4 10 9 10 7 2 1 19 8 12 36
4 Al Sharjah 19 10 5 4 38 23 9 5 3 1 15 9 10 5 2 3 23 14 15 35
5 Al Wahda 19 11 2 6 33 30 10 6 2 2 19 13 9 5 0 4 14 17 3 35
6 Al Nasr 19 9 4 6 24 19 10 5 1 4 10 7 9 4 3 2 14 12 5 31
7 Al Dhafra 19 9 2 8 25 24 10 4 2 4 13 12 9 5 0 4 12 12 1 29
8 Al Wasl 19 8 5 6 31 33 10 5 2 3 18 18 9 3 3 3 13 15 -2 29
9 Bani Yas 19 6 5 8 21 27 9 4 3 2 12 10 10 2 2 6 9 17 -6 23
10 Ajman 19 4 6 9 25 39 10 3 2 5 16 23 9 1 4 4 9 16 -14 18
11 Al Ittihad Kalba 19 5 1 13 24 39 9 4 0 5 16 17 10 1 1 8 8 22 -15 16
12 Al Khaleej 19 3 6 10 18 32 10 2 2 6 9 19 9 1 4 4 9 13 -14 15
13 Hatta 19 3 4 12 15 32 9 1 2 6 8 18 10 2 2 6 7 14 -17 13
14 Al Fujairah 19 3 3 13 15 36 9 3 2 4 6 14 10 0 1 9 9 22 -21 12

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 5 3 0 2 7 7 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 2 3 6 0 9
2 Al Sharjah 5 2 1 2 13 7 3 1 1 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 7 2 6 7
3 Persepolis 5 2 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 7
4 Al Taawon 5 2 0 3 3 8 3 1 0 2 2 7 2 1 0 1 1 1 -5 6

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