This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Esteghlal at Zabeel Stadium when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Al Hilal with it. Read all about the 8th Finals match here!
Al Hilal have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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 Zabeel Stadium. 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 15 games. On the other hand, in the AFC Champions League, Esteghlal has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The spoils were shared in Esteghlal's previous game, also at home. Visiting Foolad travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Esteghlal won a home game hosting Gol Gohar (2-1).Esteghlal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 15 games. From these home matches, Esteghlal have conceded only 9 goals.
Al Hilal form and stats
Hilal was sent out of AFC Champions League in the group stage last season.As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Al Hilal have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the AFC Champions League stats, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away. Having won their last three away games Hilal has no reason to fear anyone.
Al Hilal played 0-0 against Al Batin in their previous match.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al Taawon at their stadium, the result 2-1.2 goals so far away for Al Hilal, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Esteghlal four wins, zero draws and Al Hilal two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Motahari 7 goals | V. Ghafouri 6 goals | F. Esmaeili 2 goals |
Esteghlal missing players
Al Hilal missing players
| Esteghlal | Al Hilal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 28 | 51 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Conceded | C | 14 | 31 | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 7.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 2.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.9 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 13 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 36% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 33 | 67 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 53 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 29 | 65 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 56 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 45 |
| 5 | Gol Gohar | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 45 |
| 6 | Foolad | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 44 |
| 7 | Paykan | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 40 |
| 8 | Mes Rafsanjan | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 39 |
| 9 | Padideh Khorasan | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -4 | 38 |
| 10 | Sanat Naft | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -5 | 37 |
| 11 | Aluminium Arak | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 37 |
| 12 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 18 | -7 | 33 |
| 13 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 31 |
| 14 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -11 | 26 |
| 15 | Saipa | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 26 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 30 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 26 | -33 | 14 |
| 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 Feiha | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Al Hilal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Al Nassr | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Al Raed | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Al Ittifaq | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Al Fateh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Abha | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Faisaly | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Al Batin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Dhamk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Ahli | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Al Hazm | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 14 | Al Taawon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Al Shabab | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Al Ta'ee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |