International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Nasaf and Al Sadd are looking forward to this AFC Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nasaf form and stats
The total Professional Football League results at home this season for Nasaf are 0-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The Nasaf manager Berdyev and his players return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Al Faisaly in the AFC Champions League. Defender Eshmuradov got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.13/10. Eshmuradov won 2 of 4 duels.
Erik lost again
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nasaf as they are travelling to their away game against Al Wihdat in the AFC Champions League. That match is four days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Nasaf's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Al Sadd form and stats
Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.The strength of Al Sadd on their travels this season is incredible with 31 points collected from 11 Premier League away games. Al Sadd has 10-1-0 on the road, with 47 goals scored and 13 conceded.
Two away games in a row for Sadd, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 against Al Wihdat in the AFC Champions League. Attacker Tabata got a player rating of 7.25 in the game. "Man of the match" Tabata scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 46 total).
A new game in only four days for Al Sadd, the AFC Champions League home match versus Al Faisaly. Busy days.
The Sadd manager Carlos has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 47 goals in 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Al Sadd have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two sides get together this season, as the records show this recent match: Al Sadd - Nasaf 1-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Nasaf wins - draws - Al Sadd wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three encounters.Top Goalscorers
  B. Bounedjah 13 goals |  A. Afif 13 goals |
Nasaf missing players
Al Sadd missing players
| Nasaf | Al Sadd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Scored | S | 38 | 76 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 40% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 90% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 80% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 60% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 5.7 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19.3 | 15.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.1 | 7.1 | ||
| 32% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 43% | ||
| 6.9 | 4.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 8.2 | ||
| 3 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 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 Faisaly | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Nasaf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Wihdat | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 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 | Qizilqum | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Pakhtakor | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Sogdiana | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Navbahor | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Bunyodkor | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Kokand-1912 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Nasaf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Metalourg | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | AMGK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | FK Olympic | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Lokomotiv | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Neftchi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 13 | Surkhon | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| 14 | Dinamo Samarqand | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 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 | 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 |
