Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium AFC Champions League clash: Crowds ready for Foolad - Al Gharafa action

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Thu 07.April
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Foolad and Al Gharafa are looking forward to this AFC Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.

These teams have little in common geographically as Al Gharafa have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Foolad form and stats

Last season, Foolad's AFC Champions League journey ended in the group stage.

Foolad have played 12 Persian Gulf Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The Foolad goalkeeper Mohsen Forouzan Dashti is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Happy days for Foolad in their previous game, a fixture away at Nassaji Mazandaran that ended with a 2-0 victory.

Previous to that game, a Persian Gulf Pro League home match hosting Fajr Sepasi in a game that was won 1-0.

The manager Noble will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in only three days.

Foolad are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. Foolad are not conceding a lot of goals here at Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 12 matches.

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Al Gharafa form and stats

Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the play-offs.

4 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses. That’s the product of Al Gharafa playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

Two away matches in a row for Al Gharafa, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 3-5 against Al Wakrah in the QSL Cup.

After this away game Gharafa return home for a AFC Champions League game against Ahal. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The Al Gharafa manager Stramaccioni has some worries about the defense as 26 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Al GharafaC. Diabaté
C. Diabaté
11 goals
FooladL. Pereira Mendes
L. Pereira Mendes
9 goals

Foolad missing players

Al Gharafa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Foolad Al Gharafa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   14 25
11 7   Won W   4 11
9 4   Drew D   1 3
5 1   Lost L   9 11
25 15   Scored S   24 50
16 5   Conceded C   39 54
84% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
56% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 92%
24% 25%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   86% 84%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   71% 68%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   57% 52%
36% 33%   BTTS BTTS   79% 72%
52% 67%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 20%
28% 17%   Failed to Score F T   14% 16%
 
4 4   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5
3.4 2.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 4.4
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.2
2 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
5.7 7.2   Shots (avg) S (   11.3 13
2.2 2.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 5.5
39% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 38%
 
6 4.9   Shots against (avg) S A   11.5 11.2
2 2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.9 5.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ahal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Al Gharafa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Foolad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 Al Sadd 22 20 2 0 80 24 11 10 1 0 33 11 11 10 1 0 47 13 56 62
2 Al Duhail 22 14 5 3 59 24 11 7 3 1 29 12 11 7 2 2 30 12 35 47
3 Al Wakrah 22 11 4 7 34 30 11 4 3 4 16 19 11 7 1 3 18 11 4 37
4 Al Arabi 22 11 3 8 34 31 11 4 1 6 16 21 11 7 2 2 18 10 3 36
5 Al Gharafa 22 9 3 10 39 40 11 5 2 4 17 14 11 4 1 6 22 26 -1 30
6 Umm Salal 22 6 7 9 32 36 11 2 4 5 12 19 11 4 3 4 20 17 -4 25
7 Al Ahli 22 5 10 7 24 39 11 4 2 5 14 24 11 1 8 2 10 15 -15 25
8 Al Rayyan 22 6 6 10 31 40 11 4 2 5 21 25 11 2 4 5 10 15 -9 24
9 Qatar SC 22 6 5 11 21 31 11 2 4 5 9 18 11 4 1 6 12 13 -10 23
10 Al Shamal 22 6 4 12 32 47 11 4 0 7 19 24 11 2 4 5 13 23 -15 22
11 Al Sailiya 22 3 7 12 17 36 11 1 6 4 8 13 11 2 1 8 9 23 -19 16
12 Al Khor 22 2 10 10 21 46 11 1 5 5 11 19 11 1 5 5 10 27 -25 16

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

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