The magic of the cup as Padideh Khorasan greet Pakhtakor visitors in AFC Champions League tie

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Wed 23.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al Janoub Stadium (40000 seats)

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

It's no vacation for neither Khorasan nor Pakhtakor as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Padideh Khorasan form and stats

Padideh Khorasan have played 15 Persian Gulf Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). 1W-2D-4L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the AFC Champions League for Padideh Khorasan. So many draws at home for Khorasan, an amazing four in a row now.

M. Khalatbari was the last player to score a league goal for Padideh Khorasan and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Padideh Khorasan haven't scored in 196 minutes.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Padideh Khorasan, who played 0-0 against Al Hilal. That match was also played at this venue (Al Janoub Stadium). Preceding that match was a AFC Champions League defeat to Shabab Al Ahli Dubai (0-1).

Khorasan has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. From these home matches, Khorasan have conceded only 10 goals.

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Pakhtakor form and stats

Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.

Pakhtakor's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Pakhtakor collect 16 points from their 7 away matches in the Professional Football League. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the AFC Champions League stats, they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away. Things are running smoothly for Pakhtakor who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Sogdiana. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Pakhtakor, as they have won on their previous two travels.

The Pakhtakor goalkeeper Eldorbek Suyunov is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 197 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Pakhtakor has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Shabab Al Ahli Dubai for a AFC Champions League game that ended a draw (0-0). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Al Hilal.

Pakhtakor have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 15 goals from 7 away matches. Pakhtakor are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.

Head 2 Head

Pakhtakor - Khorasan 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

PakhtakorD. Ćeran
D. Ćeran
15 goals
PakhtakorI. Sergeev
I. Sergeev
12 goals
PakhtakorE. Derdiyok
E. Derdiyok
7 goals

Padideh Khorasan missing players

Pakhtakor missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Padideh Khorasan Pakhtakor
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
6 5   Won W   6 16
10 6   Drew D   3 5
9 1   Lost L   3 4
19 14   Scored S   18 58
28 9   Conceded C   10 20
76% 75%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 88%
60% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 84%
36% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 72%
16% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 40%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 20%
44% 58%   BTTS BTTS   33% 44%
32% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 48%
48% 33%   Failed to Score F T   33% 20%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.9
1 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
196 93   Total Shots T S   104 290
73 35   Shots on Target S O   36 129
22% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 43%

  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 Hilal 5 3 2 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 4 11
2 Pakhtakor 5 2 2 1 6 3 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 8
3 Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 5 2 1 2 4 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 7
4 Padideh Khorasan 5 0 1 4 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 6 -7 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 Persepolis 30 21 4 5 46 17 15 10 2 3 19 9 15 11 2 2 27 8 29 67
2 Esteghlal 30 14 11 5 55 31 15 8 5 2 25 12 15 6 6 3 30 19 24 53
3 Foolad 30 14 9 7 28 19 15 10 3 2 15 5 15 4 6 5 13 14 9 51
4 Tractor Sazi 30 14 8 8 31 23 15 11 2 2 21 10 15 3 6 6 10 13 8 50
5 Sepahan 30 12 13 5 39 22 15 9 4 2 22 8 15 3 9 3 17 14 17 49
6 Padideh Khorasan 30 12 10 8 27 25 15 8 5 2 17 10 15 4 5 6 10 15 2 46
7 Sanat Naft 30 11 8 11 29 33 15 7 5 3 23 17 15 4 3 8 6 16 -4 41
8 Naft Masjed Soleyman 30 7 17 6 24 22 15 5 8 2 13 9 15 2 9 4 11 13 2 38
9 Nassaji Mazandaran 30 8 14 8 30 32 15 4 8 3 15 17 15 4 6 5 15 15 -2 38
10 Gol Gohar 30 7 12 11 27 34 15 3 9 3 13 13 15 4 3 8 14 21 -7 33
11 Machine Sazi 30 8 7 15 28 40 15 6 4 5 17 16 15 2 3 10 11 24 -12 31
12 Zob Ahan 30 7 9 14 31 39 15 5 4 6 17 20 15 2 5 8 14 19 -8 30
13 Paykan 30 6 11 13 38 44 15 5 3 7 22 23 15 1 8 6 16 21 -6 29
14 Saipa 30 5 14 11 24 35 15 3 8 4 10 14 15 2 6 7 14 21 -11 29
15 Pars Jam Bushehr 30 4 15 11 20 30 15 4 8 3 15 15 15 0 7 8 5 15 -10 27
16 Shahin Bushehr 30 4 10 16 26 57 15 2 8 5 14 27 15 2 2 11 12 30 -31 22
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pakhtakor 16 13 2 1 48 9 9 8 1 0 33 6 7 5 1 1 15 3 39 41
2 AMGK 16 9 6 1 26 15 9 6 3 0 14 6 7 3 3 1 12 9 11 33
3 Nasaf 16 9 5 2 33 15 8 5 3 0 19 5 8 4 2 2 14 10 18 32
4 Bunyodkor 16 8 5 3 25 21 8 6 1 1 14 6 8 2 4 2 11 15 4 29
5 Metalourg 16 9 1 6 23 19 7 4 0 3 8 9 9 5 1 3 15 10 4 28
6 Kokand-1912 16 8 2 6 25 19 9 6 1 2 19 9 7 2 1 4 6 10 6 26
7 Navbahor 16 5 6 5 17 14 8 4 2 2 8 3 8 1 4 3 9 11 3 21
8 Lokomotiv 16 7 0 9 18 29 10 5 0 5 13 14 6 2 0 4 5 15 -11 21
9 Sogdiana 16 5 5 6 19 22 8 4 3 1 14 7 8 1 2 5 5 15 -3 20
10 Mash'al 16 5 4 7 12 15 6 2 3 1 6 3 10 3 1 6 6 12 -3 19
11 Qizilqum 16 3 5 8 10 25 8 2 2 4 6 10 8 1 3 4 4 15 -15 14
12 Surkhon 16 2 3 11 12 30 6 0 3 3 6 10 10 2 0 8 6 20 -18 9
13 Buxoro 16 1 5 10 11 34 8 1 4 3 10 18 8 0 1 7 1 16 -23 8
14 Andijan 16 0 7 9 8 20 8 0 2 6 1 10 8 0 5 3 7 10 -12 7

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 Hilal 5 3 2 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 4 11
2 Pakhtakor 5 2 2 1 6 3 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 8
3 Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 5 2 1 2 4 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 7
4 Padideh Khorasan 5 0 1 4 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 6 -7 1

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