This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Al Wakrah at Al Janoub Stadium when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Navbahor with it. Read all about the Play-offs match here!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Al Wakrah form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Al Wakrah have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 278 minutes.
Al Wakrah's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Al Mu'aidar. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Ahead of that match, Al Wakrah won a home game hosting Al Rayyan (1-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Wakrah have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 5.
Al Wakrah has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Navbahor form and stats
Playing away, Navbahor have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Professional Football League this season.
Two away matches in a row for Navbahor, whose coach Babayan could celebrate last time after the Uzbekistan Cup win against Aral.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Pakhtakor.Navbahor are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
Navbahor have another game away in just four nights, a Professional Football League fixture against Sogdiana. A grim calendar for them!
The travelling fans enjoy Navbahor's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Navbahor as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Boltaboev 4 goals | J. Iskanderov 3 goals |  D. Yakhshibaev 3 goals |
Al Wakrah missing players
Navbahor missing players
| Al Wakrah | Navbahor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 42 | 29 | Scored | S | 22 | 43 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Conceded | C | 10 | 17 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 38% | ||
| 9.6 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 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 Wakrah | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Sadd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Duhail | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Rayyan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Qatar SC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Al Shamal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Al Arabi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Al Ahli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Al Markhiya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Mu'aidar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -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 | Pakhtakor | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 38 |
| 2 | Navbahor | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 33 |
| 3 | Neftchi | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Nasaf | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | AMGK | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Termez Surkhon | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Andijan | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Bunyodkor | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | Sogdiana | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | FK Olympic | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 11 | Metalourg | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 16 |
| 12 | Turan | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 13 | Buxoro | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 11 |
| 14 | Qizilqum | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 15 | -15 | 11 |
