Al Sadd and Al Ain spectators can't wait for AFC Champions League clash

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Fri 18.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

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

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 Sadd and Al Ain.

Al Ain might feel the omen before this devilish trip to Al Sadd, as the distance is exactly 600 sinister kilometers.

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Al Sadd form and stats

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

On the other hand, in the AFC Champions League, Al Sadd has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses.

Sadd manager X. Hernández Creus and his team return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Al Ain in the AFC Champions League. In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Al Sailiya with a 5-1 scoreline.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

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 Sadd home games with this odds we find three games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in one win, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, zero matches were won by at least two goals.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the AFC Champions League game versus Al Nassr in only three days. This game is also played here.

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Al Ain form and stats

Al Ain was sent out of AFC Champions League in the group stage last season.

Al Ain have an excellent away record in the Uae League so far with 7-1-2 from 10 games. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the AFC Champions League stats, they have 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away.

There were no winners in Ain's previous match, a AFC Champions League home game that ended 3-3 vs Al Sadd. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Al Jazira's place.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Al Sadd was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

You'll want to know how Ain managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and one home win.

Al Ain has another fixture away, a AFC Champions League game, against Sepahan in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Ain create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 29 goals in 10 travels. As opposed to that, Al Ain have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Al Ain - Sadd 3-3 earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

SaddS. Cazorla González
S. Cazorla González
3 goals
Al SaddB. Bounedjah
B. Bounedjah
2 goals
Al SaddT. Nam
T. Nam
1 goals

Al Sadd missing players

Al Ain missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Sadd Al Ain
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 9   Played P   11 25
15 6   Won W   8 13
6 2   Drew D   1 6
4 1   Lost L   2 6
64 20   Scored S   26 53
31 12   Conceded C   11 36
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
84% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 92%
68% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 68%
48% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 40%
36% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 28%
68% 67%   BTTS BTTS   45% 64%
28% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   55% 32%
4% 0%   Failed to Score F T   9% 8%
 
7.7 7.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.9 5.4
3.8 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 5
1.3 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 2
2 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
317 116   Total Shots T S   138 296
139 53   Shots on Target S O   59 124
36% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 41%

  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 Ahli 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 9
2 Al Sadd 2 2 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 10 2 8 6
3 Al Wakrah 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 6
4 Al Gharafa 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 6
5 Al Rayyan 3 1 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 4
6 Al Sailiya 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 -2 4
7 Al Duhail 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
8 Qatar SC 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 3
9 Al Kharitiyath 3 1 0 2 3 8 3 1 0 2 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 3
10 Al Khor 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
11 Al Arabi 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 1
12 Umm Salal 3 0 1 2 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -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 Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 19 13 4 2 41 13 10 7 2 1 27 9 9 6 2 1 14 4 28 43
2 Al Ain 19 11 4 4 46 21 9 4 3 2 17 11 10 7 1 2 29 10 25 37
3 Al Jazira 19 11 3 5 29 17 9 4 1 4 10 9 10 7 2 1 19 8 12 36
4 Al Sharjah 19 10 5 4 38 23 9 5 3 1 15 9 10 5 2 3 23 14 15 35
5 Al Wahda 19 11 2 6 33 30 10 6 2 2 19 13 9 5 0 4 14 17 3 35
6 Al Nasr 19 9 4 6 24 19 10 5 1 4 10 7 9 4 3 2 14 12 5 31
7 Al Dhafra 19 9 2 8 25 24 10 4 2 4 13 12 9 5 0 4 12 12 1 29
8 Al Wasl 19 8 5 6 31 33 10 5 2 3 18 18 9 3 3 3 13 15 -2 29
9 Bani Yas 19 6 5 8 21 27 9 4 3 2 12 10 10 2 2 6 9 17 -6 23
10 Ajman 19 4 6 9 25 39 10 3 2 5 16 23 9 1 4 4 9 16 -14 18
11 Al Ittihad Kalba 19 5 1 13 24 39 9 4 0 5 16 17 10 1 1 8 8 22 -15 16
12 Al Khaleej 19 3 6 10 18 32 10 2 2 6 9 19 9 1 4 4 9 13 -14 15
13 Hatta 19 3 4 12 15 32 9 1 2 6 8 18 10 2 2 6 7 14 -17 13
14 Al Fujairah 19 3 3 13 15 36 9 3 2 4 6 14 10 0 1 9 9 22 -21 12

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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