This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Al Nassr at King Saud University Stadium when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Istiqlol Dushanbe with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
These are busy days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only three days ago in the Pro League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Al Ta'ee.
Al Nassr form and stats
Al Nassr must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Pro League games here at King Saud University Stadium.
Al Nassr enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Al Ta'ee's place. The match ended 2-1 with Conceição and Aveiro scoring. The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Conceição, having bagged a goal in three consecutive games.
Before that, a nice away win at Ohod. A Kings Cup game.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Al Nassr as they have a new game in only four days, a Pro League match thankfully also at home. Abha are visiting.
Nassr are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Istiqlol Dushanbe form and stats
Istiqlol Dushanbe have an excellent away record in the Vysshaya Liga so far with 5-3-1 from 9 games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Istiqlol Dushanbe goalkeeper Rustam Yatimov is eager to challenge this, with his 212 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Istiqlol delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Al Duhail in their previous match; a AFC Champions League duel. Kartashyan, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.34. Kartashyan hit one key pass and won 3 of 6 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to CSKA Pomir.Nobody expects Istiqlol Dushanbe to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 17 times before, with the overall statistics of won 9, draw 6 and lost 2. When defeated, 0 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
The visiting Istiqlol Dushanbe have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Ronaldo 10 goals |  S. Mané 6 goals |  A. Souza Conceição 4 goals |
Al Nassr missing players
Istiqlol Dushanbe missing players
| Al Nassr | Istiqlol Dushanbe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 59 | 23 | Scored | S | 19 | 54 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 8 | 12 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 44% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.3 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 7.8 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 4 | ||
| 41% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 66% | 53% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 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 Nassr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Istiqlol Dushanbe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Persepolis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 Hilal | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 20 |
| 2 | Al Ittihad | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 19 |
| 3 | Al Taawon | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | Al Nassr | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 18 |
| 5 | Al Ittifaq | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Al Fateh | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | Al Wahda | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Al Feiha | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Al Khaleej | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Al Shabab | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 12 | Dhamk | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Al Akhdoud | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Al Ta'ee | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 15 | Al Riyadh | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 7 |
| 16 | Abha | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
| 17 | Al Raed | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -9 | 4 |
| 18 | Al Hazm | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -13 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Istiqlol Dushanbe | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 34 | 40 |
| 2 | Ravshan | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Kuktosh | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Eskhata | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -4 | 26 |
| 5 | Fayzkand | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Khujand | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 22 |
| 7 | CSKA Pomir | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Khosilot Farkhor | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | Regar-TadAZ | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -11 | 16 |
| 10 | Khatlon | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -22 | 16 |
