AFC Champions League Elite

FT Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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2nd Leg - Al Ain advance 5-4 on aggregate · Kingdom Arena · 18,445 att.

Match Report

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Al-Ain seal Asian Champions League final berth despite Al Hilal loss

Al-Ain advanced to the Asian Champions League final despite losing 2-1 to Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal in Riyadh on Tuesday, with the side from the United Arab Emirates completing a 5-4 aggregate victory to progress to next month's decider.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
8
6
Saves
1
34.2
Possession
65.8
7
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
178
Accurate Passes
398
274
Passes
512
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
8
6
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.4
83
Long Balls
67
19
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.2
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
8
7
Tackles
11
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
21
Interceptions
14
43
Effective Clearances
4
43
Clearances
4

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

HIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 37Yassine BounouG
  2. 5Ali Al-BulayhiCD-L
  3. 87Hassan Al-TambaktiCD-R
  4. 12Yasser Al-ShahraniLB
  5. 66Saud AbdulhamidRB
  6. 77MalcomAM
  7. 8Rúben NevesLM
  8. 22Sergej Milinkovic-SavicRM
  9. 11Saleh Al-ShehriF
  10. 29Salem Al-DawsariAM-L
  11. 96Michael DelgadoAM-R

AlN · 5-4-1

  1. 17Khalid EisaG
  2. 3Kouame AutonneCD
  3. 5Park Yong-WooCD-L
  4. 16Khalid HashemiCD-R
  5. 15ErikLB
  6. 11Bandar Al-AhbabiRB
  7. 10Alejandro Romero GamarraCM-L
  8. 13Ahmed Barman AliCM-R
  9. 20Matías PalaciosLM
  10. 6Yahia NaderRM
  11. 21Soufiane RahimiF

Timeline

  1. 3' Kouame Kouadio (Al Ain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 4' Goal! Al-Hilal 1, Al Ain 0. Rúben Neves (Al-Hilal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  3. 12' Goal! Al-Hilal 1, Al Ain 1. Erik (Al Ain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yahia Nader.
  4. 18' Substitution, Al Ain. Saeed Jumaa replaces Erik because of an injury.
  5. 19' Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 38' Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Substitution, Al-Hilal. Salman Al Faraj replaces Saleh Al Shehri.
  8. 50' Rúben Neves (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 51' Goal! Al-Hilal 2, Al Ain 1. Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  10. 69' Substitution, Al Ain. Falah Waleed replaces Ahmed Barman.
  11. 76' Substitution, Al-Hilal. Mohamed Kanno replaces Yasir Al Shahrani.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, Al-Hilal. Mohammed Al Burayk replaces Salem Al Dawsari.
  13. 90'+3' Substitution, Al Ain. Mohammed Ali Shaker replaces Alejandro Romero.
  14. 90'+10' Khalid Eisa (Al Ain) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+10' Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card.

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