Esteghlal and Al Ahli Jeddah spectators can't wait for AFC Champions League clash

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Wed 23.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al Janoub Stadium (40000 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.

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 Esteghlal and Al Ahli Jeddah.

These teams have little in common geographically as Al Ahli Jeddah have to travel 2500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Esteghlal form and stats

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

The story so far in the Persian Gulf Pro League for Esteghlal at their home stadium (Al Janoub Stadium) is 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. This match is a AFC Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in this competition.

The Esteghlal supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Al Ahli Jeddah in AFC Champions League and win 3-0. Before that, Esteghlal drew at home versus Al Shorta.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Esteghlal matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, two draws and zero defeats (from two games).

The Esteghlal fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 15 league matches. Esteghlal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al Janoub Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches.

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Al Ahli Jeddah form and stats

Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the 8th finals against Al Hilal.

As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Al Ahli Jeddah have produced an overall stat of 5-2-8 so far. Total AFC Champions League statistics for Al Ahli Jeddah: 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Jeddah are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Al Ahli Jeddah lost away at Esteghlal (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. It was a AFC Champions League defeat before that one as the away game against Al Shorta wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Jeddah playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

Jeddah have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 18 goals have been scored. Al Ahli Jeddah have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Esteghlal - Al Ahli Jeddah 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Esteghlal one win, zero draws and Al Ahli Jeddah one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Al Ahli JeddahO. Al Somah
O. Al Somah
19 goals
EsteghlalC. Diabaté
C. Diabaté
15 goals
EsteghlalM. Ghaedi
M. Ghaedi
10 goals

Esteghlal missing players

Al Ahli Jeddah missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Esteghlal Al Ahli Jeddah
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   14 25
11 7   Won W   4 13
9 5   Drew D   2 3
5 2   Lost L   8 9
47 25   Scored S   14 34
26 13   Conceded C   23 32
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
92% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 76%
60% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 56%
28% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 20%
16% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
68% 71%   BTTS BTTS   64% 60%
28% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 20%
8% 7%   Failed to Score F T   29% 20%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.7 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 2.1
3 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
247 118   Total Shots T S   145 303
112 49   Shots on Target S O   61 120
39% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 28%

  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 4 2 0 2 4 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 6
2 Esteghlal 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 5
3 Al Shorta 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
  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 30 21 4 5 46 17 15 10 2 3 19 9 15 11 2 2 27 8 29 67
2 Esteghlal 30 14 11 5 55 31 15 8 5 2 25 12 15 6 6 3 30 19 24 53
3 Foolad 30 14 9 7 28 19 15 10 3 2 15 5 15 4 6 5 13 14 9 51
4 Tractor Sazi 30 14 8 8 31 23 15 11 2 2 21 10 15 3 6 6 10 13 8 50
5 Sepahan 30 12 13 5 39 22 15 9 4 2 22 8 15 3 9 3 17 14 17 49
6 Padideh Khorasan 30 12 10 8 27 25 15 8 5 2 17 10 15 4 5 6 10 15 2 46
7 Sanat Naft 30 11 8 11 29 33 15 7 5 3 23 17 15 4 3 8 6 16 -4 41
8 Naft Masjed Soleyman 30 7 17 6 24 22 15 5 8 2 13 9 15 2 9 4 11 13 2 38
9 Nassaji Mazandaran 30 8 14 8 30 32 15 4 8 3 15 17 15 4 6 5 15 15 -2 38
10 Gol Gohar 30 7 12 11 27 34 15 3 9 3 13 13 15 4 3 8 14 21 -7 33
11 Machine Sazi 30 8 7 15 28 40 15 6 4 5 17 16 15 2 3 10 11 24 -12 31
12 Zob Ahan 30 7 9 14 31 39 15 5 4 6 17 20 15 2 5 8 14 19 -8 30
13 Paykan 30 6 11 13 38 44 15 5 3 7 22 23 15 1 8 6 16 21 -6 29
14 Saipa 30 5 14 11 24 35 15 3 8 4 10 14 15 2 6 7 14 21 -11 29
15 Pars Jam Bushehr 30 4 15 11 20 30 15 4 8 3 15 15 15 0 7 8 5 15 -10 27
16 Shahin Bushehr 30 4 10 16 26 57 15 2 8 5 14 27 15 2 2 11 12 30 -31 22
  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 30 22 6 2 74 26 15 13 1 1 39 12 15 9 5 1 35 14 48 72
2 Al Nassr 30 19 7 4 60 26 15 9 4 2 31 15 15 10 3 2 29 11 34 64
3 Al Ahli Jeddah 30 15 5 10 49 36 15 10 3 2 31 15 15 5 2 8 18 21 13 50
4 Al Wahda 30 16 1 13 45 40 15 9 1 5 21 16 15 7 0 8 24 24 5 49
5 Al Faisaly 30 14 6 10 41 36 15 10 3 2 26 15 15 4 3 8 15 21 5 48
6 Al Raed 30 13 7 10 41 50 15 9 2 4 23 21 15 4 5 6 18 29 -9 46
7 Al Shabab 30 12 7 11 38 37 15 8 3 4 23 16 15 4 4 7 15 21 1 43
8 Al Ittifaq 30 13 3 14 46 38 15 8 0 7 23 19 15 5 3 7 23 19 8 42
9 Abha 30 11 5 14 41 52 15 7 3 5 21 21 15 4 2 9 20 31 -11 38
10 Al Ittihad 30 9 8 13 42 41 15 5 3 7 25 21 15 4 5 6 17 20 1 35
11 Al Taawon 30 10 5 15 33 40 15 8 2 5 19 18 15 2 3 10 14 22 -7 35
12 Dhamk 30 9 8 13 37 52 15 6 6 3 24 19 15 3 2 10 13 33 -15 35
13 Al Fateh 30 8 9 13 42 49 15 5 6 4 20 19 15 3 3 9 22 30 -7 33
14 Al Feiha 30 8 8 14 34 44 15 6 4 5 21 20 15 2 4 9 13 24 -10 32
15 Al Hazm 30 7 6 17 40 61 15 3 4 8 22 30 15 4 2 9 18 31 -21 27
16 Al Adalh 30 4 9 17 27 62 15 2 5 8 16 28 15 2 4 9 11 34 -35 21

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 4 2 0 2 4 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 6
2 Esteghlal 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 5
3 Al Shorta 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5

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