Madinat 'Isa Stadium AFC Champions League clash: Crowds ready for Al Nassr - Sepahan action

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Fri 18.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Madinat 'Isa Stadium (35580 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Al Nassr at Madinat 'Isa Stadium when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Sepahan with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nassr and Sepahan.

These teams have little in common geographically as Sepahan have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Al Nassr form and stats

Nassr was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the AFC Champions League. Al Sadd was too strong.

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium as Al Nassr have scored 31 goals to get 31 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 9-4-2 (wins-draws-losses). 2W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the AFC Champions League for Al Nassr. Ever since the Al Hilal game Al Nassr has been unbeatable here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium producing four straight wins.

It's back home for Al Nassr, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sepahan away with the result 2-0. A. Hamdallah (2) found the net in that victory. Previous to that game, a Pro League home match hosting Al Ittifaq in a game that was won 3-2.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Al Nassr's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won two matches, drawn zero and lost zero.

There will be little rest for Al Nassr after this match as they are travelling to Al Sadd for a AFC Champions League game in only three days.

Al Nassr can score goals in their home matches. After 15 league matches they have found the net 31 times. 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.

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Sepahan form and stats

Playing away, Sepahan have won 3 games, drawn 9 and suffered 3 defeats in the Persian Gulf Pro League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the AFC Champions League stats, they have 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a AFC Champions League home defeat versus Al Nassr with 0-2 on the scoreboard. A 1-1 draw at Paykan's stadium before that.

A new game in only three days for Sepahan, the AFC Champions League home match versus Al Ain. Busy days.

Sepahan are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Sepahan are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Al Nassr and Sepahan have met before this season: Sepahan - Al Nassr 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Al Nassr one win, zero draws and Sepahan four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Al NassrA. Hamdallah
A. Hamdallah
29 goals
Al NassrG. de Paula
G. de Paula
11 goals
SepahanK. Soares Ferraz
K. Soares Ferraz
7 goals

Al Nassr missing players

Sepahan missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Nassr Sepahan
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   13 25
16 5   Won W   1 9
7 5   Drew D   7 9
2 1   Lost L   5 7
57 24   Scored S   13 34
28 16   Conceded C   18 26
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   77% 88%
88% 91%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 80%
56% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 40%
44% 55%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 20%
36% 36%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
72% 91%   BTTS BTTS   54% 44%
28% 9%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 40%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   38% 28%
 
6.9 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.8
3.4 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.3 3.6
1.5 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.6
1 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
389 152   Total Shots T S   97 256
158 70   Shots on Target S O   37 93
36% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 34%

  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 2 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 7
2 Al Sadd 3 1 2 0 8 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 5 5 3 5
3 Sepahan 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 -1 3
4 Al Ain 3 0 1 2 4 9 3 0 1 2 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 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 30 22 6 2 74 26 15 13 1 1 39 12 15 9 5 1 35 14 48 72
2 Al Nassr 30 19 7 4 60 26 15 9 4 2 31 15 15 10 3 2 29 11 34 64
3 Al Ahli 30 15 5 10 49 36 15 10 3 2 31 15 15 5 2 8 18 21 13 50
4 Al Wahda 30 16 1 13 45 40 15 9 1 5 21 16 15 7 0 8 24 24 5 49
5 Al Faisaly 30 14 6 10 41 36 15 10 3 2 26 15 15 4 3 8 15 21 5 48
6 Al Raed 30 13 7 10 41 50 15 9 2 4 23 21 15 4 5 6 18 29 -9 46
7 Al Shabab 30 12 7 11 38 37 15 8 3 4 23 16 15 4 4 7 15 21 1 43
8 Al Ittifaq 30 13 3 14 46 38 15 8 0 7 23 19 15 5 3 7 23 19 8 42
9 Abha 30 11 5 14 41 52 15 7 3 5 21 21 15 4 2 9 20 31 -11 38
10 Al Ittihad 30 9 8 13 42 41 15 5 3 7 25 21 15 4 5 6 17 20 1 35
11 Al Taawon 30 10 5 15 33 40 15 8 2 5 19 18 15 2 3 10 14 22 -7 35
12 Dhamk 30 9 8 13 37 52 15 6 6 3 24 19 15 3 2 10 13 33 -15 35
13 Al Fateh 30 8 9 13 42 49 15 5 6 4 20 19 15 3 3 9 22 30 -7 33
14 Al Feiha 30 8 8 14 34 44 15 6 4 5 21 20 15 2 4 9 13 24 -10 32
15 Al Hazm 30 7 6 17 40 61 15 3 4 8 22 30 15 4 2 9 18 31 -21 27
16 Al Adalh 30 4 9 17 27 62 15 2 5 8 16 28 15 2 4 9 11 34 -35 21
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Persepolis 30 21 4 5 46 17 15 10 2 3 19 9 15 11 2 2 27 8 29 67
2 Esteghlal 30 14 11 5 55 31 15 8 5 2 25 12 15 6 6 3 30 19 24 53
3 Foolad 30 14 9 7 28 19 15 10 3 2 15 5 15 4 6 5 13 14 9 51
4 Tractor Sazi 30 14 8 8 31 23 15 11 2 2 21 10 15 3 6 6 10 13 8 50
5 Sepahan 30 12 13 5 39 22 15 9 4 2 22 8 15 3 9 3 17 14 17 49
6 Padideh Khorasan 30 12 10 8 27 25 15 8 5 2 17 10 15 4 5 6 10 15 2 46
7 Sanat Naft 30 11 8 11 29 33 15 7 5 3 23 17 15 4 3 8 6 16 -4 41
8 Naft Masjed Soleyman 30 7 17 6 24 22 15 5 8 2 13 9 15 2 9 4 11 13 2 38
9 Nassaji Mazandaran 30 8 14 8 30 32 15 4 8 3 15 17 15 4 6 5 15 15 -2 38
10 Gol Gohar 30 7 12 11 27 34 15 3 9 3 13 13 15 4 3 8 14 21 -7 33
11 Machine Sazi 30 8 7 15 28 40 15 6 4 5 17 16 15 2 3 10 11 24 -12 31
12 Zob Ahan 30 7 9 14 31 39 15 5 4 6 17 20 15 2 5 8 14 19 -8 30
13 Paykan 30 6 11 13 38 44 15 5 3 7 22 23 15 1 8 6 16 21 -6 29
14 Saipa 30 5 14 11 24 35 15 3 8 4 10 14 15 2 6 7 14 21 -11 29
15 Pars Jam Bushehr 30 4 15 11 20 30 15 4 8 3 15 15 15 0 7 8 5 15 -10 27
16 Shahin Bushehr 30 4 10 16 26 57 15 2 8 5 14 27 15 2 2 11 12 30 -31 22

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 Nassr 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 7
2 Al Sadd 3 1 2 0 8 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 5 5 3 5
3 Sepahan 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 -1 3
4 Al Ain 3 0 1 2 4 9 3 0 1 2 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 1

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