AFC Champions League full preview and statistics: Esteghlal to fight Al Duhail at King Abdullah Sports City

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City (62345 seats)

Al Duhail have traveled here for an interesting AFC Champions League fight against Esteghlal. 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 Esteghlal and Al Duhail.

These teams have little in common geographically as Al Duhail have to travel 1900 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

Last season, Esteghlal's AFC Champions League journey ended in the 8th finals.

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. On the other hand, in the AFC Champions League, Esteghlal has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri not having conceded a league goal in 345 minutes.

No payout for Esteghlal in their previous match, an away game at Al Duhail that ended in defeat 3-4. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Al Shorta.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

This is expected to be a close game, with Esteghlal perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Esteghlal as a small favourite), we find two games. Esteghlal has won two of these, drawn zero and lost zero.

Esteghlal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. Esteghlal have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.

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Al Duhail form and stats

They also participated in AFC Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.

Al Duhail have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 7-2-2 from 11 games. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the AFC Champions League stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.

Duhail won their last game, 4-3 versus Esteghlal played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Al Ahli Jeddah.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Duhail, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? M. Olunga certainly enjoyed Duhail's last game versus Esteghlal, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-3 victory.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Al Duhail in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Duhail, one draw and two defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The AFC Champions League trip to Al Shorta.

The travelling fans enjoy Al Duhail's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 11 league matches away. 13 goals have been conceded by Duhail in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Al Duhail - Esteghlal 4-3 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Esteghlal won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Al Duhail has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one

Top Goalscorers

Al DuhailE. Pereira Rodrigues
E. Pereira Rodrigues
14 goals
Al DuhailE. da Silva
E. da Silva
12 goals
Al DuhailA. Abdulla
A. Abdulla
6 goals

Esteghlal missing players

Al Duhail missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Esteghlal Al Duhail
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   12 25
13 7   Won W   7 16
7 3   Drew D   3 3
5 1   Lost L   2 6
39 18   Scored S   22 56
21 6   Conceded C   19 34
88% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
72% 55%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 88%
40% 27%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 56%
16% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 40%
8% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 28%
44% 27%   BTTS BTTS   67% 52%
48% 64%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 32%
20% 18%   Failed to Score F T   8% 16%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
10.1 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   13.7 12.2
3.8 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.2 5.8
42% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 39%

  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 Duhail 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 7
2 Esteghlal 3 2 0 1 11 6 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 6 4 5 6
3 Al Ahli Jeddah 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 4
4 Al Shorta 3 0 0 3 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 -8 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 Sepahan 21 13 5 3 36 19 10 6 3 1 15 6 11 7 2 2 21 13 17 44
2 Persepolis 20 11 8 1 27 10 11 9 2 0 16 4 9 2 6 1 11 6 17 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 Aluminium Arak 21 6 11 4 20 23 11 3 6 2 12 15 10 3 5 2 8 8 -3 29
6 Mes Rafsanjan 21 7 7 7 15 15 10 4 2 4 9 8 11 3 5 3 6 7 0 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 Paykan 21 6 8 7 19 22 10 4 4 2 11 9 11 2 4 5 8 13 -3 26
10 Sanat Naft 19 6 7 6 15 15 9 5 3 1 11 6 10 1 4 5 4 9 0 25
11 Padideh Khorasan 20 6 7 7 20 22 10 4 4 2 12 8 10 2 3 5 8 14 -2 25
12 Naft Masjed Soleyman 21 5 9 7 14 17 11 4 4 3 12 10 10 1 5 4 2 7 -3 24
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 21 4 4 13 16 26 11 2 4 5 9 12 10 2 0 8 7 14 -10 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 Sadd 22 19 3 0 77 14 11 10 1 0 42 7 11 9 2 0 35 7 63 60
2 Al Duhail 22 15 2 5 53 25 11 8 0 3 33 12 11 7 2 2 20 13 28 47
3 Al Rayyan 22 10 5 7 31 22 11 6 2 3 15 10 11 4 3 4 16 12 9 35
4 Al Gharafa 22 10 3 9 41 34 11 4 2 5 16 16 11 6 1 4 25 18 7 33
5 Al Ahli 22 10 3 9 28 38 11 5 1 5 16 24 11 5 2 4 12 14 -10 33
6 Qatar SC 22 9 5 8 30 24 11 5 4 2 17 9 11 4 1 6 13 15 6 32
7 Al Arabi 22 8 5 9 28 32 11 6 1 4 17 14 11 2 4 5 11 18 -4 29
8 Al Wakrah 22 7 5 10 19 29 11 5 3 3 11 12 11 2 2 7 8 17 -10 26
9 Al Sailiya 22 7 5 10 22 36 11 2 4 5 12 19 11 5 1 5 10 17 -14 26
10 Umm Salal 22 5 6 11 13 31 11 3 3 5 6 14 11 2 3 6 7 17 -18 21
11 Al Khor 22 3 8 11 17 42 11 2 4 5 8 12 11 1 4 6 9 30 -25 17
12 Al Kharitiyath 22 4 0 18 17 49 11 3 0 8 11 23 11 1 0 10 6 26 -32 12

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 Duhail 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 7
2 Esteghlal 3 2 0 1 11 6 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 6 4 5 6
3 Al Ahli Jeddah 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 4
4 Al Shorta 3 0 0 3 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 -8 0

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