AFC Champions League betting and spectator preview: Pakhtakor and Sepahan meet at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
Pakhtakor form and stats
Pakhtakor participated in AFC Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.As mentioned below, Pakhtakor are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Professional Football League games.
The Pakhtakor fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Navbahor and win 1-0.
1-1 away at FK Olympic before that.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Pakhtakor as they are travelling to their away game against Al Taawon in the AFC Champions League. That match is three days after this one.
At King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Pakhtakor has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Sepahan form and stats
Sepahan was sent out of AFC Champions League in the group stage last season.The visitors are W6-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
It's the second away game in a row for Sepahan, but there's smiles all around after the 4-2 victory versus Sanat Naft last time out.
A draw for Sepahan before that, at their own venue hosting Gol Gohar (0-0).After this away game Sepahan return home for a AFC Champions League game against Al Duhail. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Sepahan's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 12 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Pakhtakor one win, zero draws and Sepahan one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() S. Moghanlou 8 goals | ![]() O. Noorafkan 4 goals | ![]() S. Shahbazzadeh 4 goals |
Pakhtakor missing players
Sepahan missing players
| Pakhtakor | Sepahan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Scored | S | 21 | 35 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 11 | 16 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 32% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 42% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 61% | ||
| 5.7 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 1.6 | ||
| 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 Taawon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Pakhtakor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sepahan | 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 | 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 | 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 |