Arab Club Championship betting and spectator preview: Al Shorta and ES Tunis meet at King Fahd Sport City Stadium to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
These teams have little in common geographically as ES Tunis have to travel 4400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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.
Al Shorta form and stats
Al Shorta have performed here at King Fahd Sport City Stadium this season with 14 wins from 19 Iraqi League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1.
Al Shorta are returning here after guesting CS Sfaxien in a Arab Club Championship match and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Previous to that game, a Iraqi League home match hosting Al Hudod in a game that was won 2-1.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Al Shorta, as the Arab Club Championship home game vs Al Ittihad is only three days away.
The Shorta fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 19 league matches. Al Shorta have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {9 goals}.
ES Tunis form and stats
This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Arab Club Championship home defeat versus Al Ittihad with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that result Tunis won their away game at Tataouine in the Ligue 1. The scoreline was 6-1.A new game in only three days for ES Tunis, the Arab Club Championship home match versus CS Sfaxien. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Ben Hammouda 4 goals |  S. Bougrine 3 goals |  Y. Meriah 3 goals |
Al Shorta missing players
ES Tunis missing players
| Al Shorta | ES Tunis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 43 | 16 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 36% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 36% | ||
| 2.9 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 11.5 | ||
| 2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 85% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 27% | ||
| 3.5 | 4.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 7.6 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 Ittihad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Shorta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | ES Tunis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | CS Sfaxien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 Shorta | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 63 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 15 | 39 | 82 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 62 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 36 | 78 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 50 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 68 |
| 4 | Al Talaba | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 66 |
| 5 | Al Kahrabaa | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 51 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 13 | 62 |
| 6 | Al Najaf | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 56 |
| 7 | Karbala | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 56 |
| 8 | Erbil | 38 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 55 |
| 9 | Al Karkh | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 51 |
| 10 | Newroz SC | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 45 | 43 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 51 |
| 11 | Naft Maysan | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 42 | 54 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 33 | -12 | 51 |
| 12 | Duhok | 38 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 34 | 39 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -5 | 50 |
| 13 | Al Hudod | 38 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 40 | 37 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 49 |
| 14 | Naft Al-Janoob | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 34 | 40 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 18 | -6 | 43 |
| 15 | Zakho | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 39 | 42 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 24 | -3 | 42 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 38 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 31 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 40 |
| 17 | Naft | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 50 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 24 | -11 | 40 |
| 18 | Naft Al-Wasat | 38 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -8 | 36 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 54 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 31 | -28 | 28 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 38 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 86 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 42 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 44 | -61 | 12 |
