The magic of the cup as Al Hilal greet Al Sharjah visitors in AFC Champions League tie

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Fri 08.April
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium (68752 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Al Hilal at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Al Sharjah with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

It's quite the trip for Al Sharjah when visiting Hilal as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Al Hilal form and stats

Last season, Al Hilal's AFC Champions League journey ended in the finals.

29 points is a decent return from 13 Pro League games here at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium for Al Hilal. The data says 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

Hilal's previous fixture was a Kings Cup game also played at their home, ending 2-1 vs Al Shabab. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.

Ahead of that match, Al Hilal won a home game hosting Al Ahli (4-2).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Hilal home games with this odds we find 15 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in ten wins, three draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.

Al Hilal are traveling soon after this match as the AFC Champions League match at Al Rayyan awaits in three days.

Goals decide football matches and Al Hilal are scoring many of them at home; 27 on target from 13 league matches. Al Hilal have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Al Sharjah form and stats

Sharjah's mission in AFC Champions League last season failed in the 8th finals.

Playing away, Al Sharjah have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Uae League this season.

It's the second away game in a row for Al Sharjah, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Al Nasr last time out.

A quick return to home after this game, as Al Sharjah are hosting Istiqlol Dushanbe in the AFC Champions League only three days away.

The visiting Al Sharjah have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 10 games. Sharjah have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Al HilalM. Marega
M. Marega
11 goals
Al SharjahC. Lucas Fernandes
C. Lucas Fernandes
8 goals

Al Hilal missing players

Al Sharjah missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Hilal Al Sharjah
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 17   Played P   10 25
16 11   Won W   4 12
5 2   Drew D   5 10
4 4   Lost L   1 3
54 37   Scored S   14 37
27 21   Conceded C   7 25
96% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   70% 84%
88% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 68%
56% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 52%
44% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 28%
28% 35%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 12%
52% 47%   BTTS BTTS   40% 48%
36% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 40%
16% 24%   Failed to Score F T   40% 28%
 
6.3 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   6.8 5.2
3.2 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   2.9 3.1
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.2
3 3   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.4 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 10.3
5 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.3
43% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 35%
 
9 9.3   Shots against (avg) S A   6.2 7.2
3.9 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.4 3.1

  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 Hilal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Al Rayyan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Al Sharjah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Istiqlol Dushanbe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 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 Hilal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Al Rayyan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Al Sharjah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Istiqlol Dushanbe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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