Esteghlal have traveled here for an interesting AFC Champions League fight against Pakhtakor. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
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 Pakhtakor and Esteghlal.
These teams have little in common geographically as Esteghlal have to travel 2100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Pakhtakor form and stats
Pakhtakor participated in AFC Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.This stadium, Al Janoub Stadium, has been a fortress for Pakhtakor in the Professional Football League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-1-0. 3W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the AFC Champions League for Pakhtakor. Pakhtakor haven’t lost a league-game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Sogdiana, 104 days ago. Two home wins in a row for Pakhtakor bring valid hopes of a third.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Eldorbek Suyunov not having conceded a league goal in 197 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Pakhtakor, who won 1-0 against Padideh Khorasan. 0-0 away at Shabab Al Ahli Dubai before that.
It's goals goals goals for Pakhtakor who have scored 33 goals from 9 league home games. Pakhtakor have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Esteghlal form and stats
Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.As the visiting team in Persian Gulf Pro League matches, Esteghlal have produced an overall stat of 6-6-3 so far. When we have look at the AFC Champions League statistics, we find 3W-2D-1L. This is both home and away.
Esteghlal are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the AFC Champions League against Al Ahli Jeddah. A draw for Esteghlal before that, at their own venue hosting Al Shorta (1-1).
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Esteghlal are regular goalscorers on their travels. 19 goals have been conceded by Esteghlal in these games.
Head 2 Head
Pakhtakor-Esteghlal H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Pakhtakor one win, Esteghlal one win, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Ćeran 15 goals |   C. Diabaté 15 goals | I. Sergeev 12 goals |
Pakhtakor missing players
Esteghlal missing players
| Pakhtakor | Esteghlal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 57 | 40 | Scored | S | 22 | 47 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 291 | 186 | Total Shots | T S | 129 | 247 | ||
| 128 | 93 | Shots on Target | S O | 63 | 112 | ||
| 43% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 39% | ||
| 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 |
| 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 |