This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Istiqlol Dushanbe at Respublikanskiy Stadion im. M.V. Frunze when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Al Duhail with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
This promises to be an engaging game with lots of action and energy as both squads are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!
Istiqlol Dushanbe form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Respublikanskiy Stadion im. M.V. Frunze as Istiqlol Dushanbe have scored 29 goals to get 22 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Vysshaya Liga are 7-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Rustam Yatimov not having conceded a league goal in 212 minutes.
Istiqlol Dushanbe travelled for their previous game, a trip to CSKA Pomir that ended 0-0.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Khujand.It's goals goals goals for Istiqlol Dushanbe who have scored 29 goals from 9 league home games. As for guarding their own goal, Istiqlol Dushanbe have only let in {3 goals} at home.
Al Duhail form and stats
They also participated in AFC Champions League last season. This ended in the semi-finals.Four points from two away games for Al Duhail, meaning one draw and one victory in the Premier League so far.
Duhail delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Al Bidda in their previous game; a QFA Cup duel.
Before that one, the win at home hosting Al Shamal in the QSL Cup (2-1).
{5 goals} so far away for Al Duhail, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Olunga Ogada 4 goals |  I. Diallo 2 goals |  I. Mohammad 1 goals |
Istiqlol Dushanbe missing players
Al Duhail missing players
| Istiqlol Dushanbe | Al Duhail | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 56 | 37 | Scored | S | 25 | 54 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 19 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 77% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 2.9 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.9 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 54% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 9.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Persepolis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Istiqlol Dushanbe | 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 | Istiqlol Dushanbe | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 34 | 40 |
| 2 | Ravshan | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Kuktosh | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Eskhata | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -4 | 26 |
| 5 | Fayzkand | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Khujand | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 22 |
| 7 | CSKA Pomir | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Khosilot Farkhor | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | Regar-TadAZ | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -11 | 16 |
| 10 | Khatlon | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -22 | 16 |
| 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 Rayyan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Al Gharafa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Al Duhail | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Al Sadd | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Al Wakrah | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Al Arabi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Al Mu'aidar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 9 | Al Shamal | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Al Ahli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Markhiya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 0 |
