AFC Champions League: Group Stage between Sepahan and Al Sadd

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Thu 24.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium (75000 seats)

AFC Champions League betting and spectator preview: Sepahan and Al Sadd meet at Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.

It's no vacation for neither Sepahan nor Al Sadd as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Al Sadd, who are travelling more than 1600 kilometers to play this game.

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Sepahan form and stats

Sepahan have performed here at Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium this season with 9 wins from 15 Persian Gulf Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 2. 1W-1D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the AFC Champions League for Sepahan.

Sepahan drew their last game, also a home match. Al Ain was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Heartbreak before that as Sepahan lost 0-2 at Al Nassr's place.

Sepahan are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 15 games. From these home matches, Sepahan have conceded only 8 goals.

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Al Sadd form and stats

Sadd's mission in AFC Champions League last season failed in the semi-finals against Al Hilal.

Al Sadd are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Premier League. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the AFC Champions League stats, they have 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Sadd's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Al Rayyan game.

There were no winners in Sadd's previous match, a AFC Champions League home game that ended 1-1 vs Al Nassr. That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Al Ain in the AFC Champions League.

After this away game Sadd return home for a QSL Cup game against Al Duhail. That game is only one sleeps after this.

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

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Al Sadd - Sepahan 3-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - zero - three (Sepahan wins - draws - Al Sadd wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SepahanK. Soares Ferraz
K. Soares Ferraz
7 goals
SepahanM. Mohebi
M. Mohebi
6 goals
SepahanG. Gvelesiani
G. Gvelesiani
4 goals

Sepahan missing players

Al Sadd missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sepahan Al Sadd
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   15 25
7 6   Won W   8 14
10 3   Drew D   4 7
8 2   Lost L   3 4
30 17   Scored S   38 60
27 7   Conceded C   19 31
84% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 84%
36% 27%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 64%
20% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 44%
8% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   40% 32%
40% 27%   BTTS BTTS   73% 68%
40% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 28%
36% 27%   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
1.5 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.3
2 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
256 144   Total Shots T S   178 317
94 50   Shots on Target S O   72 134
30% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 37%

  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 Nassr 5 3 2 0 9 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 2 1 0 5 2 5 11
2 Al Sadd 5 2 3 0 13 6 3 2 1 0 8 1 2 0 2 0 5 5 7 9
3 Sepahan 5 1 1 3 4 7 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 2 4 5 -3 4
4 Al Ain 5 0 2 3 4 13 3 0 1 2 4 9 2 0 1 1 0 4 -9 2
  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 Nassr 5 3 2 0 9 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 2 1 0 5 2 5 11
2 Al Sadd 5 2 3 0 13 6 3 2 1 0 8 1 2 0 2 0 5 5 7 9
3 Sepahan 5 1 1 3 4 7 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 2 4 5 -3 4
4 Al Ain 5 0 2 3 4 13 3 0 1 2 4 9 2 0 1 1 0 4 -9 2

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