AFC Champions League Elite

FT Monday, September 14, 2026
Al Sadd LWLWD 0
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EST Esteghlal FC DDWLL 3
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EST123
Basra International Stadium

Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
2
4
Saves
3
73.7
Possession
26.3
14
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
623
Accurate Passes
187
691
Passes
252
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
0
28
Crosses
3
0.1
Cross %
0.0
47
Long Balls
60
27
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
0
11
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
13
7
Effective Clearances
33
7
Clearances
33

Head to Head

ALS leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

EST · 5-4-1

  1. 76Habib Far AbbasiG
  2. 33Aref AghasiCD
  3. 5Rustam AshurmatovCD-L
  4. 6Saman FallahCD-R
  5. 27Hossein GoudarziLB
  6. 2Saleh HardaniRB
  7. 4Roozbeh CheshmiCM-L
  8. 8Amirmohammad RazzaghiniaCM-R
  9. 20Ali KooshkiLM
  10. 7Jasir AsaniRM
  11. 11Saeid SaharkhizanF

Substitutes

  1. 10Jaloliddin MasharipovSUB
  2. 80Mohammadhossein EslamiSUB
  3. 22Saman TouranianSUB
  4. 60Seyed Aria HosseinifarSUB
  5. 18Abolfazl ZoleikhaeiSUB
  6. 40Mohammadali Nabizadeh Chamaz KotiSUB
  7. 15Abolfazl ZamaniSUB
  8. 88Mehran AhmadiSUB
  9. 26Mehdi Ghayedi HeydariSUB
  10. 87Esmaeil GholizadehSUB
  11. 36Alireza MohebaliSUB
  12. 9Mohammadreza AzadiSUB

ALS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Meshaal BarshamG
  2. 16Boualem KhoukhiCD-L
  3. 5Tarek SalmanCD-R
  4. 6Paulo OtávioLB
  5. 2Pedro MiguelRB
  6. 9Roberto FirminoAM
  7. 8GuilhermeLM
  8. 33ClaudinhoRM
  9. 12Yusuf AbdurisagF
  10. 30Akram AfifAM-L
  11. 23Hashim AliAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Hassan Al-HaydosSUB
  2. 26Alessio RomagnoliSUB
  3. 3Younes El HannachSUB
  4. 14Moustafa TarekSUB
  5. 7Mohammed WaadSUB
  6. 1Saad Al-SheebSUB
  7. 80Agustín SoríaSUB
  8. 31Yousef BalidehSUB
  9. 17Mohamed ManaiSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Esteghlal FC 1, Al Sadd 0. Jasir Asani (Esteghlal FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  2. 29' Delay in match for a drinks break.
  3. 29'
  4. 31' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  5. 31'
  6. 33' Hossein Goudarzi (Esteghlal FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 38' Alireza Koushki (Esteghlal FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 47' Goal! Esteghlal FC 2, Al Sadd 0. Saeid Saharkhizan (Esteghlal FC) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jasir Asani with a through ball following a fast break.
  9. 54' Substitution, Esteghlal FC. Esmaeil Gholizadeh replaces Alireza Koushki.
  10. 58'
  11. 58'
  12. 61' Paulo Otávio (Al Sadd) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 65' Delay in match because of an injury Habib Far Abbasi (Esteghlal FC).
  14. 65'
  15. 66' Substitution, Al Sadd. Mohammad Al Manai replaces Hashim Ali.
  16. 66' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  17. 66'
  18. 68' Substitution, Esteghlal FC. Mohammadhossein Eslami replaces Saeid Saharkhizan.
  19. 69' Saleh Hardani (Esteghlal FC) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 73' Delay in match for a drinks break.
  21. 73'
  22. 76' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  23. 76'
  24. 78' Substitution, Al Sadd. Agustín Soría replaces Guilherme.
  25. 78' Substitution, Al Sadd. Hassan Al Haydos replaces Yusuf Abdurisag.
  26. 79' Claudinho (Al Sadd) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  27. 80' Substitution, Esteghlal FC. Jaloliddin Masharipov replaces Amir Mohammad Razzaghinia.
  28. 90'+2' Substitution, Al Sadd. Younes El Hannach replaces Pedro Miguel because of an injury.
  29. 90'+5' Goal! Esteghlal FC 3, Al Sadd 0. Esmaeil Gholizadeh (Esteghlal FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohammadhossein Eslami.

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