This promises to be an action-packed encounter for CS Sfaxien at King Fahd Sport City Stadium when the Arab Club Championship tournament arrives in town and Al Shorta with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
CS Sfaxien and Al Shorta should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
CS Sfaxien form and stats
CS Sfaxien's previous fixture was a Arab Club Championship game also played at their own arena, ending 2-0 against Al Hilal Omdurman. The home side hope to to repeat that performance.
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Al Hilal Omdurman in the Arab Club Championship.
There will be little rest for CS Sfaxien after this match as they are travelling to Al Ittihad for a Arab Club Championship game in only three days.
Al Shorta form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Iraqi League travels is 11 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Al Shorta go into this game after a win, the home game against Al Hudod that ended 2-1.
Preceding that game was the away Iraqi League victory against Naft Maysan with the score of 3-0.After this away game Shorta return home for a Arab Club Championship game against ES Tunis. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Al Shorta are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 34 times in 19 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (15 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() A. Habbassi 7 goals | ![]() H. Ali 5 goals | ![]() I. Diakité 3 goals |
CS Sfaxien missing players
Al Shorta missing players
| CS Sfaxien | Al Shorta | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Scored | S | 26 | 43 | ||
| 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 24% | 15% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 77% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.1 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.4 | 2 | ||
| 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 141% | 85% | ||
| 7.2 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.4 | 1 | ||
| 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 | 37 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 61 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 35 | 75 |
| 3 | Al Zawra'a | 37 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 49 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 67 |
| 4 | Al Talaba | 37 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 63 |
| 5 | Al Kahrabaa | 37 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 51 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 62 |
| 6 | Al Najaf | 37 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 39 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 56 |
| 7 | Erbil | 37 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 55 |
| 8 | Karbala | 37 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 53 |
| 9 | Newroz SC | 37 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 51 |
| 10 | Al Karkh | 37 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 35 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 50 |
| 11 | Al Hudod | 38 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 40 | 37 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 49 |
| 12 | Duhok | 37 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 33 | 38 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 49 |
| 13 | Naft Maysan | 37 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 54 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 33 | -13 | 48 |
| 14 | Naft Al-Janoob | 37 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 32 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 16 | -6 | 42 |
| 15 | Zakho | 37 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 37 | 40 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 24 | -3 | 41 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 37 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 31 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 40 |
| 17 | Naft | 37 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 38 | 50 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -12 | 37 |
| 18 | Naft Al-Wasat | 37 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 36 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 37 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 53 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 31 | -28 | 27 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 37 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 85 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 44 | -60 | 12 |