All the facts and stats for the AFC Champions League clash: Al Gharafa - Ahal

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Sun 10.April
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Al Gharafa and Ahal get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this AFC Champions League Group Stage fixture.

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 Gharafa form and stats

Last season, Al Gharafa's AFC Champions League journey ended in the play-offs.

The story so far in the Premier League for Al Gharafa at their home stadium (Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

The Al Gharafa manager Stramaccioni and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Foolad in the AFC Champions League. Ali was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.35 out of 10. The defender Ali won 2 of 3 duels.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Shabab Al Ahli Dubai are coming to town in four days.

Gharafa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium with 17 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Al Gharafa have conceded 14 goals.

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Ahal form and stats

As the visiting team in Ýokary Liga matches, Ahal have produced an overall stat of 3-4-0 so far.

Ahal delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in their previous game; a AFC Champions League duel. Midfielder Geldyev was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.4. Geldyev served one assist and hit one key pass.

Before that, Ahal secured a home win against Merw with the score 1-0.

The schedule is very tough for Ahal now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A AFC Champions League game at Foolad is waiting in only four days.

The visiting Ahal have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. It's not easy to score on Ahal as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Al GharafaC. Diabaté
C. Diabaté
11 goals
Al GharafaG. Appelt Pires
G. Appelt Pires
5 goals

Al Gharafa missing players

Ahal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Gharafa Ahal
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   12 25
10 7   Won W   6 13
4 2   Drew D   4 6
11 2   Lost L   2 6
48 26   Scored S   21 46
54 15   Conceded C   14 30
88% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 92%
88% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 84%
84% 82%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 64%
68% 64%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 40%
52% 45%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 8%
72% 64%   BTTS BTTS   58% 64%
20% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 28%
20% 18%   Failed to Score F T   25% 16%
 
4.8 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.9
4.4 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.4
2.2 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   4 2.7
2 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
12.7 15.1   Shots (avg) S (   12 10.7
5.3 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.7 4.6
38% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 38%
 
11.2 10.7   Shots against (avg) S A   12 10.3
5.4 5.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ahal 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
3 Al Gharafa 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
4 Foolad 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Altyn Asyr 14 11 1 2 28 15 7 6 0 1 14 5 7 5 1 1 14 10 13 34
2 Ahal 14 8 5 1 25 11 7 5 1 1 16 6 7 3 4 0 9 5 14 29
3 Köpetdag Aşgabat 14 5 6 3 22 18 7 2 4 1 11 8 7 3 2 2 11 10 4 21
4 Sagadam 14 6 3 5 23 20 7 4 1 2 16 9 7 2 2 3 7 11 3 21
5 Merw 14 4 5 5 23 21 7 2 4 1 13 8 7 2 1 4 10 13 2 17
6 Asgabat 14 3 4 7 19 24 7 3 1 3 15 9 7 0 3 4 4 15 -5 13
7 Balkan 14 3 4 7 8 15 7 2 2 3 6 6 7 1 2 4 2 9 -7 13
8 Energetik 14 1 2 11 9 33 7 1 2 4 6 9 7 0 0 7 3 24 -24 5

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 Ahal 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
3 Al Gharafa 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
4 Foolad 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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