Pakhtakor have traveled here for an interesting AFC Champions League fight against Persepolis. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Pakhtakor have to travel 2100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Persepolis form and stats
Last season, Persepolis's AFC Champions League journey ended in the group stage.Persepolis have performed here 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. This match is a AFC Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in this competition.
Persepolis's previous game was a AFC Champions League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Al Sadd. The home side are looking to build on that result. Previous to that game, a AFC Champions League home match hosting Al Sharjah in a game that was won 4-0.
Persepolis are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 15 games. Persepolis are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 15 matches.
Pakhtakor form and stats
Pakhtakor's mission in AFC Champions League last season failed in the group stage.Pakhtakor have an excellent away record in the Professional Football League so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games. When we have look at the AFC Champions League statistics, we find 4W-2D-1L. This is both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Pakhtakor as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Pakhtakor are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Pakhtakor have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Eldorbek Suyunov. It's been 197 minutes since they last conceded in Professional Football League.
Pakhtakor won their last game, 2-1 versus Esteghlal played at home. Preceding that game was the away AFC Champions League victory against Padideh Khorasan with the score of 1-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Pakhtakor manager S. Arveladze as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bunyodkor.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Pakhtakor are regular goalscorers on their travels. Pakhtakor's manager S. Arveladze has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 awaymatches.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Persepolis won zero, Pakhtakor won one and one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Ćeran 15 goals | I. Sergeev 12 goals |  M. Torabi 11 goals |
Persepolis missing players
Pakhtakor missing players
| Persepolis | Pakhtakor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 57 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 9 | 17 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 15% | 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 | ||
| 1.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 243 | 100 | Total Shots | T S | 105 | 292 | ||
| 98 | 40 | Shots on Target | S O | 35 | 127 | ||
| 38% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 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 | 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 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | Nasaf | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 33 |
| 4 | Kokand-1912 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Metalourg | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 29 |
| 6 | Bunyodkor | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Navbahor | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 22 |
| 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 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Qizilqum | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 14 |
| 12 | Surkhon | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -17 | 12 |
| 13 | Andijan | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 10 |
| 14 | Buxoro | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 18 | -24 | 8 |