International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Persepolis and Ulsan are looking forward to this AFC Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Finals.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Persepolis form and stats
Persepolis was eliminated in the group stage last season in the AFC Champions League.Perfect Persian Gulf Pro League season at home so far for Persepolis 2 wins from 2 appearances. On the other hand, in the AFC Champions League, Persepolis has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. There’s a good atmosphere here at Al Janoub Stadium after three straight home wins.
The Persepolis supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Padideh Khorasan in Persian Gulf Pro League and win 3-0. 0-0 away at Naft Masjed Soleyman before that.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Persepolis at home in the league. 4 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Ulsan form and stats
Ulsan was sent out of AFC Champions League in the 8th finals last season.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the AFC Champions League stats, they have 8 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Impressive finishing from B. Johnsen and Junior Negao secured the home win 2-1 against Vissel Kobe (after extra-time) in their previous game. Before that, Ulsan secured a home win against Beijing Guoan with the score 2-0.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Figueiredo Pinto Júnior 26 goals |  B. Johnsen 5 goals | I. Kim 4 goals |
Persepolis missing players
Ulsan missing players
| Persepolis | Ulsan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 38 | 24 | Scored | S | 17 | 43 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 15 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 90% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10.1 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 42% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gol Gohar | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Tractor Sazi | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Sanat Naft | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | Foolad | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Sepahan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Aluminium Arak | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Paykan | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Persepolis | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | Mes Rafsanjan | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Saipa | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Padideh Khorasan | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Zob Ahan | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 2 |