AFC Champions League betting and spectator preview: Chennai City and Al Riffa meet at venue to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Chennai City and Al Riffa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Chennai City form and stats
Only two I-League home games for Chennai City so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Chennai City are returning here after visiting Gokulam in a I-League game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Real Kashmir in the I-League.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Arrows are coming to town in three days.
Chennai City has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Riffa form and stats
No Premier League points yet away for Al Riffa, from their first 2 matches. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Al Riffa have lost on their last two travels.
Al Riffa won their last game, 3-1 versus Al Shabbab Manama played at home. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs East Riffa.
It's early days yet, but Al Riffa has scored 5 and conceded 7 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
 Pedro Manzi 17 goals |   Kamil Al Aswad 11 goals |  Sandro Rodríguez 10 goals |
Chennai City missing players
Al Riffa missing players
| Chennai City | Al Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 52 | 26 | Scored | S | 27 | 54 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Conceded | C | 18 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 28% | ||
| 76% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 2.9 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 250 | 139 | Total Shots | T S | 121 | 213 | ||
| 101 | 54 | Shots on Target | S O | 64 | 112 | ||
| 46% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mohun Bagan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Churchill Brothers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Minerva Punjab | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | East Bengal | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Aizawl | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | Chennai City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Gokulam | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Real Kashmir | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | NEROCA | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 10 | TRAU | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 11 | Arrows | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 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-Hidd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Manama | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Busaiteen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | East Riffa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | Al Riffa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Muharraq | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Al-Najma | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Al Shabbab Manama | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 2 |