AFC Champions League: Group Stage between Sepahan and Al Taawon

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium (29850 seats)

Sepahan and Al Taawon get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this AFC Champions League Group Stage fixture.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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 Sepahan and Al Taawon.

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Sepahan form and stats

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

24 points is a decent return from 12 Persian Gulf Pro League games here at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium for Sepahan. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.

The regulars hope that Sepahan will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the AFC Champions League fixture against Al Taawon. Mehdi was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.32 out of 10. The defender Mehdi won 3 of 3 duels.

Erik lost again The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sepahan have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost one.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Pakhtakor are coming to town in four days.

Sepahan has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Sepahan have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.

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Al Taawon form and stats

They also participated in AFC Champions League last season. This ended in the 8th finals.

Al Taawon have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 2-6-5 (13 played).

The club members enjoyed Taawon's previous game versus Sepahan, a AFC Champions League win (3-0) played at home. Midfield player Medrán was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.25/10. Medrán served one assist, hit five key passes and had 64 successful passes (of 74 total).

aweayteam Hara magic won. Al Taawon are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of five matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Duhail in just four days.

Taawon are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 13 away games so far. Al Taawon have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Al Taawon - Sepahan 3-0 was the outcome when these two sides last met, some time ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

Al TaawonL. Tawamba Kana
L. Tawamba Kana
15 goals
SepahanS. Moghanlou
S. Moghanlou
8 goals
Al TaawonM. Fathi
M. Fathi
5 goals

Sepahan missing players

Al Taawon missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sepahan Al Taawon
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
12 6   Won W   3 8
7 3   Drew D   4 9
6 3   Lost L   4 8
34 13   Scored S   18 39
20 6   Conceded C   19 34
80% 75%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
60% 42%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 92%
40% 25%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 60%
24% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 28%
8% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 12%
36% 25%   BTTS BTTS   82% 72%
48% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 16%
36% 42%   Failed to Score F T   9% 12%
 
6.1 6.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.3
2.4 2.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.4
1.9 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.1
1 0   Red cards R C   2 6
 
7.9 7.6   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 11.2
2.2 1.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.3
56% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 36%
 
4.8 3.6   Shots against (avg) S A   12.5 10.4
1.8 1.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 3.7

  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 4 3 0 1 8 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 9
2 Al Taawon 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
3 Sepahan 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 -2 3
4 Pakhtakor 4 1 0 3 4 9 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 -5 3
  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
  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 Ittihad 25 19 3 3 54 20 13 11 1 1 30 7 12 8 2 2 24 13 34 60
2 Al Hilal 23 14 7 2 47 23 13 9 2 2 27 14 10 5 5 0 20 9 24 49
3 Al Nassr 25 15 3 7 44 31 12 8 1 3 24 15 13 7 2 4 20 16 13 48
4 Al Shabab 25 13 8 4 46 31 13 8 4 1 27 12 12 5 4 3 19 19 15 47
5 Dhamk 25 12 6 7 34 34 12 7 4 1 16 10 13 5 2 6 18 24 0 42
6 Abha 25 9 5 11 26 39 13 7 3 3 17 16 12 2 2 8 9 23 -13 32
7 Al Fateh 25 8 7 10 36 30 12 5 2 5 26 16 13 3 5 5 10 14 6 31
8 Al Feiha 24 7 9 8 19 19 11 6 4 1 10 3 13 1 5 7 9 16 0 30
9 Al Raed 25 8 5 12 29 37 12 6 2 4 13 10 13 2 3 8 16 27 -8 29
10 Al Ahli 25 6 10 9 33 36 13 4 6 3 22 17 12 2 4 6 11 19 -3 28
11 Al Faisaly 25 6 10 9 25 33 13 6 5 2 19 13 12 0 5 7 6 20 -8 28
12 Al Ta'ee 25 8 3 14 25 41 12 5 2 5 19 20 13 3 1 9 6 21 -16 27
13 Al Taawon 25 5 11 9 39 42 12 3 5 4 18 17 13 2 6 5 21 25 -3 26
14 Al Batin 25 6 7 12 24 35 13 5 4 4 16 16 12 1 3 8 8 19 -11 25
15 Al Ittifaq 24 5 9 10 28 39 12 3 5 4 13 15 12 2 4 6 15 24 -11 24
16 Al Hazm 25 3 5 17 15 34 12 2 4 6 11 15 13 1 1 11 4 19 -19 14

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 Duhail 4 3 0 1 8 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 9
2 Al Taawon 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
3 Sepahan 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 -2 3
4 Pakhtakor 4 1 0 3 4 9 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 -5 3

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