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

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Fri 30.April
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City (62345 seats)

AFC Champions League betting and spectator preview: Esteghlal and Al Shorta meet at King Abdullah Sports City to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next 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 Shorta.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 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. This match is a AFC Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in this competition.

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

Esteghlal drew their last game, 0-0 away at Al Ahli. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a AFC Champions League home game that ended 2-2 versus Al Duhail.

Esteghlal has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Esteghlal have only let in 4 goals at home.

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Al Shorta form and stats

Al Shorta was sent out of AFC Champions League in the group stage last season.

Playing away, Al Shorta have won 6 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Iraqi League this season. When we have look at the AFC Champions League statistics, we find 1W-0D-4L. This is both home and away. Al Shorta seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Al Shorta won their last game, 2-1 versus Al Duhail played at home. A 1-2 defeat away at Al Ahli before that.

After this away game Al Shorta return home for a Iraqi League game against Naft Maysan. That game is only one sleeps after this.

Al Shorta are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 14 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Shorta as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Al Shorta - Esteghlal 0-3. Last three meetings between the teams: Esteghlal won one, Al Shorta won zero and two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

EsteghlalA. Motahari
A. Motahari
5 goals
EsteghlalV. Ghafouri
V. Ghafouri
4 goals
EsteghlalM. Ghaedi
M. Ghaedi
4 goals

Esteghlal missing players

Al Shorta missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Esteghlal Al Shorta
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   13 25
12 6   Won W   5 11
9 4   Drew D   3 7
4 1   Lost L   5 7
37 17   Scored S   13 35
21 8   Conceded C   13 24
84% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 88%
68% 55%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 64%
36% 27%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   23% 40%
20% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 20%
8% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 12%
44% 36%   BTTS BTTS   38% 36%
48% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 44%
24% 18%   Failed to Score F T   23% 32%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.8 1.1
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
9.8 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   7.4 7.4
3.5 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.2 2.7
42% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Esteghlal 5 2 2 1 13 8 2 1 1 0 7 4 3 1 1 1 6 4 5 8
2 Al Duhail 5 2 2 1 10 8 2 2 0 0 6 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 8
3 Al Ahli 5 2 2 1 8 7 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 5 5 1 8
4 Al Shorta 5 1 0 4 3 11 3 1 0 2 2 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 -8 3
  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 20 9 5 6 24 20 11 4 3 4 14 15 9 5 2 2 10 5 4 32
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 20 6 7 7 15 16 9 5 3 1 11 6 11 1 4 6 4 10 -1 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 Quwa Al Jawiya 26 18 5 3 44 16 13 11 1 1 32 10 13 7 4 2 12 6 28 59
2 Al Najaf 29 15 9 5 33 17 14 6 6 2 15 9 15 9 3 3 18 8 16 54
3 Al Zawra'a 28 13 13 2 32 14 14 7 6 1 19 8 14 6 7 1 13 6 18 52
4 Al Shorta 27 13 10 4 40 17 13 7 6 0 25 6 14 6 4 4 15 11 23 49
5 Naft Al-Wasat 27 13 9 5 30 18 13 6 2 5 14 11 14 7 7 0 16 7 12 48
6 Zakho 28 9 13 6 27 26 14 6 6 2 15 11 14 3 7 4 12 15 1 40
7 Naft 28 9 12 7 26 23 15 5 7 3 15 11 13 4 5 4 11 12 3 39
8 Baghdad 28 10 9 9 23 22 15 4 6 5 12 12 13 6 3 4 11 10 1 39
9 Naft Maysan 27 8 12 7 26 26 14 3 7 4 12 13 13 5 5 3 14 13 0 36
10 Al Karkh 28 9 9 10 23 24 14 6 3 5 13 13 14 3 6 5 10 11 -1 36
11 Naft Al-Janoob 28 8 10 10 26 33 14 5 4 5 13 15 14 3 6 5 13 18 -7 34
12 Erbil 28 7 11 10 31 29 14 4 5 5 20 13 14 3 6 5 11 16 2 32
13 Al Minaa Basra 28 7 11 10 28 32 13 5 4 4 12 11 15 2 7 6 16 21 -4 32
14 Al Diwaniya 28 5 14 9 15 29 14 4 9 1 10 7 14 1 5 8 5 22 -14 29
15 Al Kahrabaa 29 5 13 11 28 31 14 3 6 5 14 14 15 2 7 6 14 17 -3 28
16 Alsinaat Alkahrabaiya 28 5 12 11 16 26 14 4 7 3 8 8 14 1 5 8 8 18 -10 27
17 Al Talaba 29 6 9 14 25 37 14 3 3 8 12 18 15 3 6 6 13 19 -12 27
18 Al-Qasim 28 4 12 12 27 39 15 2 6 7 15 21 13 2 6 5 12 18 -12 24
19 Al Simawa 28 5 8 15 16 43 14 4 6 4 9 10 14 1 2 11 7 33 -27 23
20 Al Hudod 28 2 15 11 24 38 14 1 8 5 14 20 14 1 7 6 10 18 -14 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 Esteghlal 5 2 2 1 13 8 2 1 1 0 7 4 3 1 1 1 6 4 5 8
2 Al Duhail 5 2 2 1 10 8 2 2 0 0 6 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 8
3 Al Ahli 5 2 2 1 8 7 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 5 5 1 8
4 Al Shorta 5 1 0 4 3 11 3 1 0 2 2 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 -8 3

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