The magic of the cup as Al Ahli Jeddah greet Al Shorta visitors in AFC Champions League tie

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City (62345 seats)

AFC Champions League betting and spectator preview: Al Ahli Jeddah and Al Shorta meet at King Abdullah Sports City to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.

It's no vacation for neither Jeddah nor Al Shorta as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Al Shorta have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Al Ahli Jeddah form and stats

Al Ahli Jeddah participated in AFC Champions League the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.

4-5-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Al Ahli Jeddah so far this season. 1W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the AFC Champions League for Al Ahli Jeddah. It's trouble wherever Jeddah are playing these days as they have suffered six straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. With Jeddah having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager V. Milojević.

Jeddah are returning here after visiting Al Shorta in a AFC Champions League game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. D. Fettouhi, Abdulrahman Ghareeb and Abdullah Tarmin scored the goal(s). Before that, Al Ahli Jeddah drew at home versus Al Duhail.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the AFC Champions League game versus Esteghlal in only three days. This game is also played here at King Abdullah Sports City.

The Jeddah fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. On the other hand, Jeddah have conceded 18 goals.

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Al Shorta form and stats

Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.

As the visiting team in Iraqi League matches, Al Shorta have produced an overall stat of 6-4-4 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the AFC Champions League stats, they have 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses both home and away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Al Shorta have lost on their last two travels.

Shorta might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Al Ahli Jeddah proved too strong as Al Shorta slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Al-Shaab Stadium. A loss against Esteghlal was the result prior to that, in a AFC Champions League home game.

The visiting Al Shorta have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 14 games. It's not easy to score on Al Shorta as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Al Shorta - Jeddah 0-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Jeddah won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Al Shorta has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one

Al Ahli Jeddah missing players

Al Shorta missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Ahli Jeddah Al Shorta
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   13 25
8 3   Won W   6 11
6 6   Drew D   3 8
11 5   Lost L   4 6
38 17   Scored S   15 36
47 21   Conceded C   11 22
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 88%
92% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 64%
76% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   23% 36%
36% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 20%
20% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 12%
72% 64%   BTTS BTTS   31% 32%
16% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   46% 48%
16% 21%   Failed to Score F T   23% 32%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.9 1.1
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
9.5 9.9   Shots (avg) S (   7.5 7.7
4 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2 2.6
40% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   50% 33%

  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 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 7
2 Esteghlal 3 2 0 1 11 6 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 6 4 5 6
3 Al Ahli Jeddah 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 4
4 Al Shorta 3 0 0 3 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 -8 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 Hilal 25 14 6 5 45 22 12 8 2 2 21 9 13 6 4 3 24 13 23 48
2 Al Shabab 25 14 6 5 51 32 12 7 3 2 21 12 13 7 3 3 30 20 19 48
3 Al Ittihad 26 12 10 4 39 26 14 7 4 3 20 12 12 5 6 1 19 14 13 46
4 Al Taawon 25 11 8 6 33 20 12 6 4 2 18 9 13 5 4 4 15 11 13 41
5 Al Ittifaq 26 11 5 10 39 40 13 5 2 6 18 22 13 6 3 4 21 18 -1 38
6 Al Nassr 25 10 6 9 42 33 12 6 3 3 27 15 13 4 3 6 15 18 9 36
7 Al Raed 26 10 5 11 39 37 13 3 3 7 20 22 13 7 2 4 19 15 2 35
8 Al Fateh 26 10 5 11 44 47 13 3 3 7 22 29 13 7 2 4 22 18 -3 35
9 Al Ahli Jeddah 25 10 5 10 38 44 13 4 5 4 17 18 12 6 0 6 21 26 -6 35
10 Al Quadisiya 26 8 10 8 39 40 13 5 4 4 20 21 13 3 6 4 19 19 -1 34
11 Abha 26 10 4 12 38 44 13 5 3 5 18 20 13 5 1 7 20 24 -6 34
12 Al Faisaly 25 7 9 9 32 33 13 3 5 5 17 21 12 4 4 4 15 12 -1 30
13 Al Batin 26 7 8 11 35 47 13 4 3 6 18 20 13 3 5 5 17 27 -12 29
14 Dhamk 26 7 7 12 37 46 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 2 3 8 18 28 -9 28
15 Al Wahda 26 8 3 15 35 53 13 3 1 9 18 30 13 5 2 6 17 23 -18 27
16 Al-Ain 26 5 5 16 30 52 13 4 2 7 18 26 13 1 3 9 12 26 -22 20
  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 Quwa Al Jawiya 26 18 5 3 44 16 13 11 1 1 32 10 13 7 4 2 12 6 28 59
2 Al Zawra'a 28 13 13 2 32 14 14 7 6 1 19 8 14 6 7 1 13 6 18 52
3 Al Najaf 28 14 9 5 31 17 13 5 6 2 13 9 15 9 3 3 18 8 14 51
4 Al Shorta 27 13 10 4 40 17 13 7 6 0 25 6 14 6 4 4 15 11 23 49
5 Naft Al-Wasat 27 13 9 5 30 18 13 6 2 5 14 11 14 7 7 0 16 7 12 48
6 Zakho 28 9 13 6 27 26 14 6 6 2 15 11 14 3 7 4 12 15 1 40
7 Naft 28 9 12 7 26 23 15 5 7 3 15 11 13 4 5 4 11 12 3 39
8 Baghdad 28 10 9 9 23 22 15 4 6 5 12 12 13 6 3 4 11 10 1 39
9 Naft Maysan 27 8 12 7 26 26 14 3 7 4 12 13 13 5 5 3 14 13 0 36
10 Al Karkh 28 9 9 10 23 24 14 6 3 5 13 13 14 3 6 5 10 11 -1 36
11 Naft Al-Janoob 28 9 9 10 27 33 14 6 3 5 14 15 14 3 6 5 13 18 -6 36
12 Erbil 28 7 11 10 31 29 14 4 5 5 20 13 14 3 6 5 11 16 2 32
13 Al Minaa Basra 28 7 11 10 28 32 13 5 4 4 12 11 15 2 7 6 16 21 -4 32
14 Al Diwaniya 27 5 14 8 15 26 14 4 9 1 10 7 13 1 5 7 5 19 -11 29
15 Al Talaba 28 6 9 13 25 35 14 3 3 8 12 18 14 3 6 5 13 17 -10 27
16 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 28 5 11 12 16 27 14 4 7 3 8 8 14 1 4 9 8 19 -11 26
17 Al Kahrabaa 28 4 13 11 25 31 13 2 6 5 11 14 15 2 7 6 14 17 -6 25
18 Al-Qasim 28 4 12 12 27 39 15 2 6 7 15 21 13 2 6 5 12 18 -12 24
19 Al Simawa 28 5 8 15 16 43 14 4 6 4 9 10 14 1 2 11 7 33 -27 23
20 Al Hudod 28 2 15 11 24 38 14 1 8 5 14 20 14 1 7 6 10 18 -14 21

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 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 7
2 Esteghlal 3 2 0 1 11 6 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 6 4 5 6
3 Al Ahli Jeddah 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 4
4 Al Shorta 3 0 0 3 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 -8 0

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