AFC Champions League: 8th Finals between Persepolis and Al Sadd

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Sun 27.September
Match begins: 13:40 (UTC)
Venue: Education City Stadium (45350 seats)

Persepolis and Al Sadd get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this AFC Champions League 8th Finals fixture.

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 Persepolis and Al Sadd.

It's quite the trip for Al Sadd when visiting Persepolis as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.

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Persepolis form and stats

Last season, Persepolis's AFC Champions League journey ended in the group stage.

Persepolis have performed here at Education City Stadium this season with 10 wins from 15 Persian Gulf Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 3. On the other hand, in the AFC Champions League, Persepolis has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

The Persepolis supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Al Sharjah in AFC Champions League and win 4-0. Ahead of that match, Persepolis lost 0-1 at home to Al Duhail.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Persepolis played a great game against Al Sharjah and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Persepolis are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 15 games. Persepolis have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Sadd form and stats

They also participated in AFC Champions League last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when Al Hilal drew the shortest straw.

Al Sadd are yet to lose a point on their Premier League travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. When we have look at the AFC Champions League statistics, we find 2W-3D-1L. This is both home and away. Al Sadd has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Al Rayyan.

Al Sadd are travelling again after losing away to Sepahan in their previous match (1-2). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Al Nassr in the AFC Champions League.

It's early days yet, but Al Sadd has scored 10 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Last six meetings between the teams: Persepolis won three, Al Sadd won two and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Persepolis missing players

Al Sadd missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Persepolis Al Sadd
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   15 25
17 9   Won W   8 14
5 2   Drew D   4 7
3 2   Lost L   3 4
41 22   Scored S   37 59
18 8   Conceded C   18 30
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
60% 54%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 84%
40% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 64%
28% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 40%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 28%
36% 31%   BTTS BTTS   73% 68%
52% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 28%
12% 15%   Failed to Score F T   7% 4%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.2
3 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
239 96   Total Shots T S   177 316
98 40   Shots on Target S O   75 137
39% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 35%

  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 Al Ahli 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 9
2 Al Sadd 2 2 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 10 2 8 6
3 Al Wakrah 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 6
4 Al Gharafa 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 6
5 Al Rayyan 3 1 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 4
6 Al Sailiya 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 -2 4
7 Al Duhail 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
8 Qatar SC 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 3
9 Al Kharitiyath 3 1 0 2 3 8 3 1 0 2 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 3
10 Al Khor 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
11 Al Arabi 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 1
12 Umm Salal 3 0 1 2 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 1

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 Ahli 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 9
2 Al Sadd 2 2 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 10 2 8 6
3 Al Wakrah 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 6
4 Al Gharafa 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 6
5 Al Rayyan 3 1 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 4
6 Al Sailiya 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 -2 4
7 Al Duhail 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
8 Qatar SC 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 3
9 Al Kharitiyath 3 1 0 2 3 8 3 1 0 2 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 3
10 Al Khor 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
11 Al Arabi 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 1
12 Umm Salal 3 0 1 2 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 1

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