It's Al Gharafa vs Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in the AFC Champions League!

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Thu 14.April
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Al Gharafa at Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Shabab Al Ahli Dubai with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

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.

5 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Al Gharafa have to build on here at Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium in the Premier League.

Gharafa's previous fixture was a AFC Champions League game also played at home, ending 2-0 vs Ahal. The home team hope to to build on that result. Hassan, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.82 out of 10 in that game. Hassan topped it up with a clean sheet.

There will be little rest for Al Gharafa after this match as they are travelling to Shabab Al Ahli Dubai for a AFC Champions League game in only four days.

Al 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. Al Gharafa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Shabab Al Ahli Dubai form and stats

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

There's been little loot from Shabab Al Ahli Dubai's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the Uae League. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws.

Shabab delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Foolad in their previous match; a AFC Champions League duel. Hussain, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.02. Hussain hit one key pass and won 3 of 6 duels.

A new game in only four days for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai, the AFC Champions League home match versus Al Gharafa. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Shabab as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in these 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

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Gharafa Shabab Al Ahli Dubai
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   14 25
10 7   Won W   3 10
4 2   Drew D   7 9
11 2   Lost L   4 6
47 25   Scored S   11 28
53 14   Conceded C   13 25
88% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   79% 88%
88% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 64%
80% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   21% 36%
64% 55%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 20%
52% 45%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 4%
68% 55%   BTTS BTTS   50% 60%
24% 45%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 28%
20% 18%   Failed to Score F T   36% 24%
 
4.8 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.3
4.3 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.4
2.2 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
2 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
12.8 15.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 11.7
5.3 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.6
37% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   17% 24%
 
11.8 11.8   Shots against (avg) S A   10 8.8
5.4 5.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.8

  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 Gharafa 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
2 Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
3 Foolad 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
4 Ahal 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 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 Al Ain 20 15 4 1 44 16 10 8 2 0 23 8 10 7 2 1 21 8 28 49
2 Al Wahda 20 12 6 2 39 16 9 5 3 1 16 7 11 7 3 1 23 9 23 42
3 Al Jazira 20 13 2 5 35 22 11 10 0 1 24 13 9 3 2 4 11 9 13 41
4 Al Sharjah 20 12 3 5 29 21 10 8 0 2 15 10 10 4 3 3 14 11 8 39
5 Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 20 8 6 6 24 24 10 7 1 2 18 13 10 1 5 4 6 11 0 30
6 Bani Yas 20 8 4 8 27 26 10 5 1 4 15 10 10 3 3 4 12 16 1 28
7 Al Wasl 20 6 8 6 25 21 9 2 5 2 10 7 11 4 3 4 15 14 4 26
8 Al Nasr 20 7 4 9 32 28 10 4 2 4 18 11 10 3 2 5 14 17 4 25
9 Ajman 20 7 4 9 22 26 10 4 3 3 13 12 10 3 1 6 9 14 -4 25
10 Al Ittihad Kalba 20 5 8 7 23 27 10 2 5 3 9 12 10 3 3 4 14 15 -4 23
11 Al Khaleej 20 6 3 11 28 36 10 5 1 4 17 11 10 1 2 7 11 25 -8 21
12 Al Dhafra 20 4 6 10 22 28 10 2 4 4 13 14 10 2 2 6 9 14 -6 18
13 Al Urooba 20 1 7 12 19 47 11 1 5 5 13 23 9 0 2 7 6 24 -28 10
14 Emirates 20 2 3 15 16 47 10 1 2 7 7 23 10 1 1 8 9 24 -31 9

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

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