International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Al Duhail and Persepolis are looking forward to this AFC Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Persepolis, who are travelling more than 1900 kilometers to play this game.
These are hustling days for the host team, as they had a game only four days ago in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Al Markhiya.
Al Duhail form and stats
Al Duhail participated in AFC Champions League the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.When playing at home in the Premier League, Al Duhail have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.
Al Duhail are returning here after visiting Al Markhiya and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Ogada and Correia scored the goal(s).
Prior to that, an away loss at Al Gharafa in the Premier League.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Duhail have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.
Al Duhail has scored {4 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Persepolis form and stats
Persepolis are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a AFC Champions League home loss versus Al Nassr with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Zahedi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.23. Zahedi dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Foolad at their stadium, the result 2-0.It's early days yet, but Persepolis has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Al Duhail four wins, one draw and Persepolis three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Olunga Ogada 5 goals |  I. Diallo 2 goals |  I. Mohammad 1 goals |
Al Duhail missing players
Persepolis missing players
| Al Duhail | Persepolis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 11 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 52 | 23 | Scored | S | 26 | 44 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Conceded | C | 9 | 17 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 80% | 90% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 60% | 70% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 76% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 20% | ||
| 5.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 130% | 78% | ||
| 9.4 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 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 Nassr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Istiqlol Dushanbe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Persepolis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 Sadd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 | Al Duhail | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Al Mu'aidar | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Shamal | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 10 | Al Ahli | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 11 | Qatar SC | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 12 | Al Markhiya | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 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 | Persepolis | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Aluminium Arak | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Sepahan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 6 | Gol Gohar | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Zob Ahan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Malavan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Havadar | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 11 | Mes Rafsanjan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | Sanat Naft | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 13 | Paykan | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 14 | Caspian Qazvin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Foolad | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -10 | 0 |
