AFC Champions League betting and spectator preview: Al Shorta and Esteghlal meet at Karbala Sports City to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Esteghlal when visiting Al Shorta as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Al Shorta form and stats
Al Shorta have played 1 Iraqi League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Al Quwa Al Jawiya here at Karbala Sports City, Al Shorta has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
Al Shorta's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Al Shabab. Prior to that, an away loss at Al Shabab in the Arab Club Championship.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Shorta at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Esteghlal form and stats
Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Persian Gulf Pro League travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Esteghlal are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Naft Masjed Soleyman in their previous game. Before that one, a nice away victory 5-0 at Al Rayyan.
The Esteghlal manager F. Majidi has got the team scoring on the road, with 17 away goals in 8 league matches. As opposed to that, Esteghlal have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() A. Al Azzawi 28 goals | ![]() A. Diallo 11 goals | ![]() M. Ghaedi 9 goals |
Al Shorta missing players
Esteghlal missing players
| Al Shorta | Esteghlal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 42 | 29 | Scored | S | 27 | 54 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 125 | 67 | Total Shots | T S | 143 | 294 | ||
| 50 | 27 | Shots on Target | S O | 64 | 124 | ||
| 34% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Shorta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Wahda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Esteghlal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 Minaa Basra | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Naft | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Al Zawra'a | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Naft Al-Janoob | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Al Kahrabaa | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Baghdad | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Erbil | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Shorta | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Al Karkh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Al Diwaniya | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Al-Qasim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Al Simawa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 17 | Al Hudod | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 18 | Al Talaba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Naft Maysan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 20 | Zakho | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 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 | Persepolis | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 40 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 35 |
| 3 | Tractor Sazi | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 33 |
| 4 | Esteghlal | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 32 |
| 5 | Padideh Khorasan | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Sanat Naft | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30 |
| 7 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Foolad | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Machine Sazi | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Saipa | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 12 | Zob Ahan | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 13 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | Paykan | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 15 | Gol Gohar | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -23 | 10 |