All the facts and stats for the AFC Champions League clash: Al Shorta - Esteghlal

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City (62345 seats)

Esteghlal have traveled here for an interesting AFC Champions League fight against Al Shorta. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

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 Shorta and Esteghlal.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Esteghlal, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

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Al Shorta form and stats

Shorta participated in AFC Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.

Al Shorta have performed here at King Abdullah Sports City this season with 7 wins from 13 Iraqi League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 6 games and lost 0. In general it's been a long time since Shorta tasted defeat here at King Abdullah Sports City, as they have taken at least one point from their last 21 home games in the league.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the AFC Champions League game versus Al Ahli Jeddah in only three days. This game is also played here at King Abdullah Sports City.

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.

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Esteghlal form and stats

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

The story so far for the visiting team on their Persian Gulf Pro League travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Esteghlal goalkeeper Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri is eager to challenge this, with his 345 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Paykan in the Persian Gulf Pro League.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Al Ahli Jeddah was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Esteghlal manager F. Majidi as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Al Duhail.

Esteghlal find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Esteghlal are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - two - zero (Shorta wins - draws - Esteghlal wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

EsteghlalA. Motahari
A. Motahari
5 goals
EsteghlalV. Ghafouri
V. Ghafouri
4 goals
EsteghlalM. Ghaedi
M. Ghaedi
4 goals

Al Shorta missing players

Esteghlal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Shorta Esteghlal
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   12 25
12 6   Won W   5 12
8 5   Drew D   4 8
5 0   Lost L   3 5
37 22   Scored S   15 36
18 5   Conceded C   11 21
88% 73%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 88%
60% 55%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 72%
28% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 36%
20% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 16%
12% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
32% 36%   BTTS BTTS   58% 48%
52% 64%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 44%
28% 27%   Failed to Score F T   25% 20%
 
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   2.1 2.2
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
7.8 8.2   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 9.9
2.6 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.5
38% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 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 Esteghlal 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Al Duhail 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Al Shorta 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
4 Al Ahli Jeddah 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 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 27 13 12 2 31 13 13 7 5 1 18 7 14 6 7 1 13 6 18 51
3 Al Najaf 27 14 9 4 31 16 13 5 6 2 13 9 14 9 3 2 18 7 15 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 27 9 13 5 26 24 13 6 6 1 14 9 14 3 7 4 12 15 2 40
7 Naft 27 8 12 7 25 23 14 4 7 3 14 11 13 4 5 4 11 12 2 36
8 Naft Maysan 27 8 12 7 26 26 14 3 7 4 12 13 13 5 5 3 14 13 0 36
9 Baghdad 27 9 9 9 21 21 14 3 6 5 10 11 13 6 3 4 11 10 0 36
10 Al Karkh 27 8 9 10 22 24 14 6 3 5 13 13 13 2 6 5 9 11 -2 33
11 Naft Al-Janoob 27 8 9 10 25 32 14 6 3 5 14 15 13 2 6 5 11 17 -7 33
12 Erbil 27 7 11 9 31 28 13 4 5 4 20 12 14 3 6 5 11 16 3 32
13 Al Minaa Basra 27 7 10 10 27 31 13 5 4 4 12 11 14 2 6 6 15 20 -4 31
14 Al Diwaniya 26 5 13 8 14 25 13 4 8 1 9 6 13 1 5 7 5 19 -11 28
15 Al Talaba 27 6 9 12 24 33 13 3 3 7 11 16 14 3 6 5 13 17 -9 27
16 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 27 5 11 11 15 25 14 4 7 3 8 8 13 1 4 8 7 17 -10 26
17 Al Kahrabaa 27 4 12 11 24 30 13 2 6 5 11 14 14 2 6 6 13 16 -6 24
18 Al-Qasim 27 4 11 12 26 38 14 2 5 7 14 20 13 2 6 5 12 18 -12 23
19 Al Hudod 27 2 14 11 23 37 14 1 8 5 14 20 13 1 6 6 9 17 -14 20
20 Al Simawa 27 4 8 15 14 42 14 4 6 4 9 10 13 0 2 11 5 32 -28 20
  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 20 11 8 1 27 10 11 9 2 0 16 4 9 2 6 1 11 6 17 41
2 Sepahan 20 12 5 3 35 19 10 6 3 1 15 6 10 6 2 2 20 13 16 41
3 Esteghlal 19 9 7 3 22 12 9 5 3 1 10 4 10 4 4 2 12 8 10 34
4 Gol Gohar 19 8 5 6 23 20 10 3 3 4 13 15 9 5 2 2 10 5 3 29
5 Mes Rafsanjan 20 7 7 6 15 14 10 4 2 4 9 8 10 3 5 2 6 6 1 28
6 Aluminium Arak 20 6 10 4 19 22 10 3 5 2 11 14 10 3 5 2 8 8 -3 28
7 Foolad 18 6 9 3 17 11 8 5 3 0 10 2 10 1 6 3 7 9 6 27
8 Tractor Sazi 19 7 6 6 17 17 10 2 4 4 6 8 9 5 2 2 11 9 0 27
9 Sanat Naft 19 6 7 6 15 15 9 5 3 1 11 6 10 1 4 5 4 9 0 25
10 Padideh Khorasan 20 6 7 7 20 22 10 4 4 2 12 8 10 2 3 5 8 14 -2 25
11 Paykan 20 6 7 7 18 21 10 4 4 2 11 9 10 2 3 5 7 12 -3 25
12 Naft Masjed Soleyman 20 4 9 7 13 17 10 3 4 3 11 10 10 1 5 4 2 7 -4 21
13 Zob Ahan 20 3 9 8 19 26 10 2 5 3 9 11 10 1 4 5 10 15 -7 18
14 Saipa 20 3 9 8 10 17 10 2 5 3 5 6 10 1 4 5 5 11 -7 18
15 Nassaji Mazandaran 20 4 4 12 16 25 10 2 4 4 9 11 10 2 0 8 7 14 -9 16
16 Machine Sazi 20 1 7 12 13 31 10 1 4 5 7 12 10 0 3 7 6 19 -18 10

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 Esteghlal 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Al Duhail 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Al Shorta 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
4 Al Ahli Jeddah 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 0

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