Foolad have traveled here for an interesting AFC Champions League fight against Al Nassr. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
It's no vacation for neither Al Nassr nor Foolad as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Foolad, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Al Nassr form and stats
Nassr participated in AFC Champions League the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.Al Nassr have collected 21 points from their Pro League home games so far after 6-3-3. 1W-2D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the AFC Champions League for Al Nassr.
Ahead of that match, Al Nassr won a home game hosting Al Sadd (3-1).
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nassr handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and three defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Al Wihdat are coming to town in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Nassr are scoring many of them at home; 27 on target from 12 league matches. Nassr's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Foolad form and stats
Foolad have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Persian Gulf Pro League, after 1-6-3 (10 played). When we have look at the AFC Champions League statistics, we find 2W-2D-0L. This is both home and away.
Foolad are looking to quickly end their 255 minutes long goal drought in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Before that, Foolad secured a home win against Al Wihdat with the score 1-0.
Foolad are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of two matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Foolad as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Foolad as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Foolad - Nassr 1-1, played this season.Al Nassr missing players
Foolad missing players
| Al Nassr | Foolad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 8 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 47 | 30 | Scored | S | 11 | 28 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 10 | 13 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 52% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 7.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 42% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Foolad | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Wihdat | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 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 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 23 | 48 |
| 2 | Al Shabab | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 19 | 48 |
| 3 | Al Ittihad | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 46 |
| 4 | Al Taawon | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 41 |
| 5 | Al Ittifaq | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | -1 | 38 |
| 6 | Al Nassr | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 36 |
| 7 | Al Raed | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 35 |
| 8 | Al Fateh | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | -3 | 35 |
| 9 | Al Ahli | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 26 | -6 | 35 |
| 10 | Al Quadisiya | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 19 | -1 | 34 |
| 11 | Abha | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -6 | 34 |
| 12 | Al Faisaly | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 13 | Al Batin | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 27 | -12 | 29 |
| 14 | Dhamk | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 28 | -9 | 28 |
| 15 | Al Wahda | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 35 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -18 | 27 |
| 16 | Al-Ain | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 30 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -22 | 20 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sepahan | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 44 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Gol Gohar | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Aluminium Arak | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 29 |
| 6 | Mes Rafsanjan | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Foolad | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | Tractor Sazi | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Paykan | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 26 |
| 10 | Sanat Naft | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Padideh Khorasan | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 25 |
| 12 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Zob Ahan | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 14 | Saipa | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 20 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -18 | 10 |