AFC Champions League match preview: Al Rayyan versus Istiqlol Dushanbe

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: King Fahd International Stadium (25000 seats)

Al Rayyan and Istiqlol Dushanbe get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this AFC Champions League Group Stage fixture.

It's no vacation for neither Al Rayyan nor Istiqlol Dushanbe 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.

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Al Rayyan form and stats

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

When playing at home in the Premier League, Al Rayyan have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games.

Rayyan's previous fixture was a AFC Champions League game also played at their home, ending 3-1 versus Al Sharjah. The home team hope to to build on that result. Midfielder Brahimi was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.84 (out of ten) in that game. Brahimi scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Al Rayyan as they are travelling to their away game against Al Hilal in the AFC Champions League. That match is four days after this one.

Al Rayyan have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at King Fahd International Stadium with 21 goals in 11 league matches. Rayyan have conceded 25 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Istiqlol Dushanbe form and stats

They also participated in AFC Champions League last season. This ended in the 8th finals.

Istiqlol Dushanbe have an excellent away record in the Vysshaya Liga so far with 8-4-1 from 13 games.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a AFC Champions League home loss versus Al Hilal with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Kosmynin was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.41. The defender Kosmynin won 5 of 6 duels.

Istiqlol Dushanbe create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 34 goals in 13 travels. Istiqlol are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 5 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the sides met earlier this campaign; Istiqlol Dushanbe - Al Rayyan 2-3. Boli loves to face Istiqlol Dushanbe and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Al RayyanY. Boli
Y. Boli
8 goals
Al RayyanY. Brahimi
Y. Brahimi
5 goals
RayyanH. Ali Abdullatif
H. Ali Abdullatif
5 goals

Al Rayyan missing players

Istiqlol Dushanbe missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Rayyan Istiqlol Dushanbe
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   11 25
11 6   Won W   7 17
5 2   Drew D   2 3
9 5   Lost L   2 5
40 22   Scored S   30 63
40 26   Conceded C   4 14
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 88%
84% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 72%
68% 85%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 60%
36% 46%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 36%
28% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 24%
60% 62%   BTTS BTTS   18% 24%
20% 15%   Clean Sheets C S   73% 64%
24% 23%   Failed to Score F T   27% 24%
 
4.7 3.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5 6.1
4.2 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 3.8
2.2 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1.4
3 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.3 8.4   Shots (avg) S (   13.3 11.8
4.2 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.1 5.6
37% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   56% 42%
 
9.5 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   9.9 9.9
4.4 4.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.3 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Hilal 4 4 0 0 9 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 6 0 8 12
2 Al Rayyan 4 2 1 1 7 7 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 7
3 Al Sharjah 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -2 4
4 Istiqlol Dushanbe 4 0 0 4 3 9 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 -6 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 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 Istiqlol Dushanbe 27 21 5 1 78 9 14 13 1 0 44 4 13 8 4 1 34 5 69 68
2 Khujand 27 17 4 6 52 26 14 12 2 0 35 7 13 5 2 6 17 19 26 55
3 CSKA Pomir 27 12 8 7 37 29 13 7 5 1 22 11 14 5 3 6 15 18 8 44
4 Istaravshan 27 12 6 9 30 25 14 7 3 4 17 12 13 5 3 5 13 13 5 42
5 Khatlon 27 10 6 11 30 33 14 7 3 4 17 14 13 3 3 7 13 19 -3 36
6 Eskhata 27 9 3 15 33 49 14 5 2 7 18 21 13 4 1 8 15 28 -16 30
7 Ravshan 27 7 8 12 27 35 13 5 4 4 16 13 14 2 4 8 11 22 -8 29
8 Fayzkand 27 8 5 14 20 37 13 4 2 7 13 21 14 4 3 7 7 16 -17 29
9 Kuktosh 27 7 5 15 38 58 13 6 3 4 25 19 14 1 2 11 13 39 -20 26
10 Dushanbe-83 27 4 6 17 23 67 13 4 3 6 13 26 14 0 3 11 10 41 -44 18

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 4 4 0 0 9 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 6 0 8 12
2 Al Rayyan 4 2 1 1 7 7 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 7
3 Al Sharjah 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -2 4
4 Istiqlol Dushanbe 4 0 0 4 3 9 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 -6 0

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