International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Al Shorta and Al Duhail are looking forward to this AFC Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the AFC Champions League. That game was an away game at Al Ahli Jeddah, so at least Shorta are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Al Duhail, who are travelling more than 1300 kilometers to play this game.
Al Shorta form and stats
Al Shorta was eliminated in the group stage last season in the AFC Champions League.Al Shorta are steadily winning Iraqi League games and points here at King Abdullah Sports City. 7 wins, 6 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 13 games. This match is a AFC Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in this competition. The Al Shorta fans aren't used to losing league-games here at King Abdullah Sports City and will expect new points from this game. Shorta has played 21 games in a row here without a defeat.
Al Shorta drew their last game, 1-1 away at Al Ahli Jeddah. Ahead of that match, Shorta lost 0-3 at home to Al Ahli Jeddah.
The manager A. Ilić will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Esteghlal in only three days.
Shorta have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at King Abdullah Sports City with 25 goals in 13 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Shorta have only let in 6 goals at home.
Al Duhail form and stats
They also participated in AFC Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.Al Duhail have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 7-2-2 from 11 games. Total AFC Champions League statistics for Al Duhail: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Al Duhail are travelling after their nice 4-3 home win in the AFC Champions League against Esteghlal. A 1-1 draw at Al Ahli Jeddah's stadium before that.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Esteghlal was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? It's hard not to mention M. Olunga's lethal finishing against Esteghlal. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
The travelling fans enjoy Al Duhail's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Duhail have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Al Duhail - Shorta 2-0.Top Goalscorers
![]() E. Pereira Rodrigues 14 goals | ![]() E. da Silva 12 goals | ![]() A. Abdulla 6 goals |
Al Shorta missing players
Al Duhail missing players
| Al Shorta | Al Duhail | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Scored | S | 22 | 56 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 36% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.4 | 7.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 12.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 34% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 39% | ||
| 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 Duhail | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Shorta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -8 | 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 Quwa Al Jawiya | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 59 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 52 |
| 3 | Al Najaf | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 51 |
| 4 | Al Shorta | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 49 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 48 |
| 6 | Zakho | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 40 |
| 7 | Naft | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 39 |
| 8 | Baghdad | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 39 |
| 9 | Naft Maysan | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 36 |
| 10 | Al Karkh | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 36 |
| 11 | Naft Al-Janoob | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 36 |
| 12 | Erbil | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| 13 | Al Minaa Basra | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -4 | 32 |
| 14 | Al Diwaniya | 27 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -11 | 29 |
| 15 | Al Talaba | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -10 | 27 |
| 16 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 26 |
| 17 | Al Kahrabaa | 28 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 25 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -6 | 25 |
| 18 | Al-Qasim | 28 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -12 | 24 |
| 19 | Al Simawa | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 33 | -27 | 23 |
| 20 | Al Hudod | 28 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 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 | Al Sadd | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 63 | 60 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 53 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 47 |
| 3 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -10 | 33 |
| 6 | Qatar SC | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Al Wakrah | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 26 |
| 9 | Al Sailiya | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 26 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 21 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 30 | -25 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Kharitiyath | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 26 | -32 | 12 |