It's Foolad vs Ahal in the AFC Champions League!

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Thu 14.April
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City (62345 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Foolad at King Abdullah Sports City when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Ahal with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

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 Foolad and Ahal.

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Foolad form and stats

Foolad was eliminated in the group stage last season in the AFC Champions League.

Foolad have collected 22 points from their Persian Gulf Pro League home games so far after 6-4-2.

Foolad are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The Foolad coach Nekounam and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in the AFC Champions League. Bouhamdan (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.42/10. Bouhamdan hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).

Foolad are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew zero and lost zero.

There will be little rest for Foolad after this match as they are travelling to Ahal for a AFC Champions League game in only four days.

Foolad are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. Foolad have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ahal form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ýokary Liga travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.

Two away matches in a row for Ahal, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Al Gharafa in the AFC Champions League. Midfielder Amanov was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. Amanov hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

A new game in only four days for Ahal, the AFC Champions League home match versus Foolad. Busy days.

Ahal are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Ahal are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

FooladL. Pereira Mendes
L. Pereira Mendes
9 goals
FooladA. Patosi
A. Patosi
3 goals
FooladA. Rezavand
A. Rezavand
3 goals

Foolad missing players

Ahal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Foolad Ahal
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
10 6   Won W   6 13
11 5   Drew D   4 6
4 1   Lost L   3 6
24 13   Scored S   21 46
13 4   Conceded C   16 29
80% 75%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 92%
52% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 84%
16% 17%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 60%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 40%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 8%
36% 25%   BTTS BTTS   54% 64%
56% 75%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 28%
28% 25%   Failed to Score F T   31% 16%
 
4.2 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.4
3.1 1.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 3.9
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.5 2.7
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
6 7.3   Shots (avg) S (   12.8 12.3
2 2.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 4.9
39% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 35%
 
5.5 4.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.2 10.1
1.9 2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Gharafa 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
2 Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
3 Foolad 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
4 Ahal 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
  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 24 16 8 0 33 8 12 9 3 0 12 3 12 7 5 0 21 5 25 56
2 Persepolis 24 14 8 2 33 17 12 9 3 0 18 7 12 5 5 2 15 10 16 50
3 Sepahan 24 13 6 5 35 15 12 7 3 2 15 5 12 6 3 3 20 10 20 45
4 Foolad 24 10 8 6 22 18 12 6 4 2 13 8 12 4 4 4 9 10 4 38
5 Mes Rafsanjan 24 9 8 7 31 22 12 5 5 2 16 8 12 4 3 5 15 14 9 35
6 Gol Gohar 24 8 11 5 25 24 12 4 5 3 16 16 12 4 6 2 9 8 1 35
7 Paykan 24 7 12 5 22 19 12 2 5 5 8 12 12 5 7 0 14 7 3 33
8 Sanat Naft 24 8 7 9 19 22 12 5 4 3 13 10 12 3 3 6 6 12 -3 31
9 Zob Ahan 24 9 4 11 17 20 12 4 1 7 9 12 12 5 3 4 8 8 -3 31
10 Aluminium Arak 24 6 12 6 16 18 12 5 5 2 11 6 12 1 7 4 5 12 -2 30
11 Havadar 24 6 10 8 13 15 12 2 7 3 6 7 12 4 3 5 7 8 -2 28
12 Nassaji Mazandaran 24 5 12 7 21 27 12 3 4 5 11 16 12 2 8 2 10 11 -6 27
13 Tractor Sazi 24 4 8 12 17 25 12 4 3 5 12 11 12 0 5 7 5 14 -8 20
14 Naft Masjed Soleyman 24 3 8 13 10 29 12 1 4 7 5 15 12 2 4 6 5 14 -19 17
15 Fajr Sepasi 24 2 10 12 8 22 12 0 9 3 5 9 12 2 1 9 3 13 -14 16
16 Padideh Khorasan 24 2 8 14 14 35 12 0 5 7 5 16 12 2 3 7 9 19 -21 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 Altyn Asyr 14 11 1 2 28 15 7 6 0 1 14 5 7 5 1 1 14 10 13 34
2 Ahal 14 8 5 1 25 11 7 5 1 1 16 6 7 3 4 0 9 5 14 29
3 Köpetdag Aşgabat 14 5 6 3 22 18 7 2 4 1 11 8 7 3 2 2 11 10 4 21
4 Sagadam 14 6 3 5 23 20 7 4 1 2 16 9 7 2 2 3 7 11 3 21
5 Merw 14 4 5 5 23 21 7 2 4 1 13 8 7 2 1 4 10 13 2 17
6 Asgabat 14 3 4 7 19 24 7 3 1 3 15 9 7 0 3 4 4 15 -5 13
7 Balkan 14 3 4 7 8 15 7 2 2 3 6 6 7 1 2 4 2 9 -7 13
8 Energetik 14 1 2 11 9 33 7 1 2 4 6 9 7 0 0 7 3 24 -24 5

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 Gharafa 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
2 Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
3 Foolad 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
4 Ahal 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1

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