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

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

International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Esteghlal and Al Ahli Jeddah are looking forward to this AFC Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.

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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Esteghlal form and stats

Esteghlal was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the AFC Champions League.

Esteghlal are steadily winning Persian Gulf Pro League games and points here at King Abdullah Sports City. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Seyed Hossein Hosseini not having conceded a league goal in 345 minutes.

Esteghlal drew their last game, also a home match. Paykan was the opponent, 0-0 the score. A strong away win before that one, visiting Machine Sazi and winning 2-0.

There will be little rest for Esteghlal after this match as they are travelling to Al Shorta for a AFC Champions League game in only three days.

Esteghlal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. As for guarding their own goal, Esteghlal have only let in 4 goals at home.

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Al Ahli Jeddah form and stats

Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the quarter-finals.

Playing away, Al Ahli Jeddah have won 6 games, drawn 0 and suffered 6 defeats in the Pro League this season. With the Al Ahli Jeddah losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Jeddah are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

The manager V. Milojević was unhappy after their last game, a Pro League match played at their home ground King Abdullah Sports City. Jeddah suffered a 2-3 loss to Al Raed. Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Al Fateh's place.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Duhail in just three days.

Jeddah has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 12 games. For Jeddah, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Esteghlal won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Al Ahli Jeddah has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero

Esteghlal missing players

Al Ahli Jeddah missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Esteghlal Al Ahli Jeddah
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
11 6   Won W   5 8
9 4   Drew D   0 5
5 2   Lost L   6 12
33 16   Scored S   20 37
21 8   Conceded C   26 48
88% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
72% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 92%
36% 25%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   91% 76%
16% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 36%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 20%
48% 33%   BTTS BTTS   82% 72%
44% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 12%
20% 17%   Failed to Score F T   18% 20%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.2 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.6
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.7 10.7   Shots (avg) S (   9 9.3
3.5 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.1
38% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 38%

  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 Jeddah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Al Duhail 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Al Shorta 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 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 Paykan 20 6 7 7 18 21 10 4 4 2 11 9 10 2 3 5 7 12 -3 25
11 Padideh Khorasan 19 6 6 7 19 21 9 4 3 2 11 7 10 2 3 5 8 14 -2 24
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 Saipa 20 3 9 8 10 17 10 2 5 3 5 6 10 1 4 5 5 11 -7 18
14 Zob Ahan 19 3 8 8 18 25 10 2 5 3 9 11 9 1 3 5 9 14 -7 17
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
  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 Hilal 25 14 6 5 45 22 12 8 2 2 21 9 13 6 4 3 24 13 23 48
2 Al Shabab 25 14 6 5 51 32 12 7 3 2 21 12 13 7 3 3 30 20 19 48
3 Al Ittihad 25 12 9 4 39 26 13 7 3 3 20 12 12 5 6 1 19 14 13 45
4 Al Taawon 25 11 8 6 33 20 12 6 4 2 18 9 13 5 4 4 15 11 13 41
5 Al Nassr 25 10 6 9 42 33 12 6 3 3 27 15 13 4 3 6 15 18 9 36
6 Al Ittifaq 25 10 5 10 38 40 13 5 2 6 18 22 12 5 3 4 20 18 -2 35
7 Al Ahli Jeddah 25 10 5 10 38 44 13 4 5 4 17 18 12 6 0 6 21 26 -6 35
8 Al Quadisiya 25 8 10 7 39 39 12 5 4 3 20 20 13 3 6 4 19 19 0 34
9 Al Fateh 25 10 4 11 43 46 12 3 2 7 21 28 13 7 2 4 22 18 -3 34
10 Al Raed 25 9 5 11 38 37 13 3 3 7 20 22 12 6 2 4 18 15 1 32
11 Abha 25 9 4 12 37 44 12 4 3 5 17 20 13 5 1 7 20 24 -7 31
12 Al Faisaly 25 7 9 9 32 33 13 3 5 5 17 21 12 4 4 4 15 12 -1 30
13 Al Batin 25 7 7 11 35 47 13 4 3 6 18 20 12 3 4 5 17 27 -12 28
14 Dhamk 25 7 6 12 36 45 13 5 4 4 19 18 12 2 2 8 17 27 -9 27
15 Al Wahda 25 8 3 14 35 52 12 3 1 8 18 29 13 5 2 6 17 23 -17 27
16 Al-Ain 25 5 5 15 30 51 13 4 2 7 18 26 12 1 3 8 12 25 -21 20

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 Al Ahli Jeddah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Al Duhail 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Al Shorta 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

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