AFC Champions League match preview: Al Faisaly versus Al Sadd

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Mon 11.April
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium (20100 seats)

International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Al Faisaly and Al Sadd are looking forward to this AFC Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.

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.

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Al Faisaly form and stats

Al Faisaly have collected 23 points from their Pro League home games so far after 6-5-2.

The Faisaly manager Ouzounidis and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Al Wihdat in the AFC Champions League. Midfield player Faik got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, the max score being 10. Faik scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 78 successful passes (of 81 total).

Previous to that game, a Pro League home match hosting Al Fateh in a game that was won 1-0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Al Faisaly as they are travelling to their away game against Nasaf in the AFC Champions League. That match is four days after this one.

Faisaly are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games.

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Al Sadd form and stats

They also participated in AFC Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.

The strength of Al Sadd on their travels this season is incredible with 31 points collected from 11 Premier League away games. Al Sadd has 10-1-0 on the road, with 47 goals scored and 13 conceded.

Al Sadd delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Nasaf in their previous game; a AFC Champions League duel. Attacker Cazorla got a player rating of 8.05 in the game. "Man of the match" Cazorla served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 49 successful passes (of 56 total).

aweayteam Hara magic won.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Wihdat in just four days.

Sadd are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (47 goals from 11 away games). 13 goals have been conceded by Al Sadd in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Al SaddB. Bounedjah
B. Bounedjah
13 goals
Al SaddA. Afif
A. Afif
13 goals

Al Faisaly missing players

Al Sadd missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Faisaly Al Sadd
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   10 25
5 5   Won W   9 20
11 5   Drew D   1 4
9 1   Lost L   0 1
25 16   Scored S   44 84
34 10   Conceded C   12 28
84% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
60% 55%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 88%
48% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   90% 68%
36% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   90% 60%
8% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   70% 48%
48% 45%   BTTS BTTS   70% 64%
32% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 36%
36% 18%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
4.2 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 4.9
5.2 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   3.3 3.1
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.5
2 1   Red cards R C   2 5
 
7.7 8.6   Shots (avg) S (   19.1 15.5
3 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   8.9 7.4
33% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   49% 46%
 
8.6 9.6   Shots against (avg) S A   9.1 8.2
3.6 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 4

  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 Faisaly 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
2 Al Sadd 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Al Wihdat 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Nasaf 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 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 Ittihad 25 19 3 3 54 20 13 11 1 1 30 7 12 8 2 2 24 13 34 60
2 Al Hilal 23 14 7 2 47 23 13 9 2 2 27 14 10 5 5 0 20 9 24 49
3 Al Nassr 25 15 3 7 44 31 12 8 1 3 24 15 13 7 2 4 20 16 13 48
4 Al Shabab 25 13 8 4 46 31 13 8 4 1 27 12 12 5 4 3 19 19 15 47
5 Dhamk 25 12 6 7 34 34 12 7 4 1 16 10 13 5 2 6 18 24 0 42
6 Abha 25 9 5 11 26 39 13 7 3 3 17 16 12 2 2 8 9 23 -13 32
7 Al Fateh 25 8 7 10 36 30 12 5 2 5 26 16 13 3 5 5 10 14 6 31
8 Al Feiha 24 7 9 8 19 19 11 6 4 1 10 3 13 1 5 7 9 16 0 30
9 Al Raed 25 8 5 12 29 37 12 6 2 4 13 10 13 2 3 8 16 27 -8 29
10 Al Ahli 25 6 10 9 33 36 13 4 6 3 22 17 12 2 4 6 11 19 -3 28
11 Al Faisaly 25 6 10 9 25 33 13 6 5 2 19 13 12 0 5 7 6 20 -8 28
12 Al Ta'ee 25 8 3 14 25 41 12 5 2 5 19 20 13 3 1 9 6 21 -16 27
13 Al Taawon 25 5 11 9 39 42 12 3 5 4 18 17 13 2 6 5 21 25 -3 26
14 Al Batin 25 6 7 12 24 35 13 5 4 4 16 16 12 1 3 8 8 19 -11 25
15 Al Ittifaq 24 5 9 10 28 39 12 3 5 4 13 15 12 2 4 6 15 24 -11 24
16 Al Hazm 25 3 5 17 15 34 12 2 4 6 11 15 13 1 1 11 4 19 -19 14
  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 22 20 2 0 80 24 11 10 1 0 33 11 11 10 1 0 47 13 56 62
2 Al Duhail 22 14 5 3 59 24 11 7 3 1 29 12 11 7 2 2 30 12 35 47
3 Al Wakrah 22 11 4 7 34 30 11 4 3 4 16 19 11 7 1 3 18 11 4 37
4 Al Arabi 22 11 3 8 34 31 11 4 1 6 16 21 11 7 2 2 18 10 3 36
5 Al Gharafa 22 9 3 10 39 40 11 5 2 4 17 14 11 4 1 6 22 26 -1 30
6 Umm Salal 22 6 7 9 32 36 11 2 4 5 12 19 11 4 3 4 20 17 -4 25
7 Al Ahli 22 5 10 7 24 39 11 4 2 5 14 24 11 1 8 2 10 15 -15 25
8 Al Rayyan 22 6 6 10 31 40 11 4 2 5 21 25 11 2 4 5 10 15 -9 24
9 Qatar SC 22 6 5 11 21 31 11 2 4 5 9 18 11 4 1 6 12 13 -10 23
10 Al Shamal 22 6 4 12 32 47 11 4 0 7 19 24 11 2 4 5 13 23 -15 22
11 Al Sailiya 22 3 7 12 17 36 11 1 6 4 8 13 11 2 1 8 9 23 -19 16
12 Al Khor 22 2 10 10 21 46 11 1 5 5 11 19 11 1 5 5 10 27 -25 16

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 Faisaly 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
2 Al Sadd 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Al Wihdat 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Nasaf 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1

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