AFC Champions League Elite

FT Monday, September 15, 2025
Al-Gharafa DLLWL 3
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SHA Sharjah DWLWW 4
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ALG213
SHA044
Sharjah Stadium · 1,214 att.

Team Stats

12
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
0
47.5
Possession
52.5
6
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.8
4
Penalty Goals
0
2
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
284
Accurate Passes
325
346
Passes
375
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
0
8
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.0
61
Long Balls
30
33
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
0
10
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
8
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
6
Interceptions
3
19
Effective Clearances
11
19
Clearances
11

Head to Head

ALG leads series 1-0

Lineups

SHA · 3-4-3

  1. 26Darwish Bin HabibG
  2. 4Shahin AbdulrahmanCD
  3. 20Cho Yu-MinCD-L
  4. 5Maro KatinicCD-R
  5. 23Feta FetaiCM-L
  6. 8Gerónimo PobleteCM-R
  7. 33Vladimir PrijovicLM
  8. 19Khaled EbraheimRM
  9. 9Rey ManajF
  10. 11Luan PereiraCF-L
  11. 22Marcus MeloniCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 53Abdalla Zaal Matar Khamis Al ShamsiSUB
  2. 6Majid Surour SalimSUB
  3. 49Adel TaarabtSUB
  4. 30Ousmane CamaraSUB
  5. 77Igor CoronadoSUB
  6. 21Mayed SaeedSUB
  7. 10Mohamed Ben LarbiSUB
  8. 32Harun IbrahimSUB
  9. 27BiroSUB
  10. 44David PetrovicSUB
  11. 18Abdullah GhanemSUB
  12. 3Alhusain Saleh Eisa AliSUB

ALG · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Khalifa Abu BakerG
  2. 42Seydou SanoCD-L
  3. 20Jang Hyun-SooCD-R
  4. 24Aron GunnarssonDM
  5. 23Saifeldeen FadlallaLB
  6. 27Mason HolgateRB
  7. 13Ferjani SassiCM-L
  8. 29Fabricio DíazCM-R
  9. 8Yacine BrahimiLM
  10. 7Florinel ComanRM
  11. 9JoseluF

Substitutes

  1. 5Mostafa QadeeraSUB
  2. 14Álvaro DjalóSUB
  3. 12Hamid IsmailSUB
  4. 99Jamal HamedSUB
  5. 26Rayyan Al AliSUB
  6. 18Ayoub Al-OuiSUB
  7. 33Chalpan AbdulnasirSUB
  8. 40Amine LecomteSUB
  9. 6Dame TraoréSUB
  10. 3Mohammed MuntariSUB
  11. 21Hamad KahioutSUB
  12. 17Rabeh BoussafiSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Substitution, Sharjah. Adel Taarabt replaces Luanzinho because of an injury.
  2. 24' Aron Gunnarsson (Al Gharafa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 33' Goal! Sharjah 0, Al Gharafa 1. Yacine Brahimi (Al Gharafa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  4. 43' Substitution, Sharjah. Ousmane Camara replaces Marcus Meloni.
  5. 44' Substitution, Sharjah. Igor Coronado replaces Cho Yu-Min.
  6. 45'+4' Goal! Sharjah 0, Al Gharafa 2. Joselu (Al Gharafa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yacine Brahimi with a through ball following a fast break.
  7. 45' Substitution, Sharjah. Harun Ibrahim replaces Gerónimo Poblete.
  8. 60' Penalty saved. Rey Manaj (Sharjah) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner by Khalifa Ababacar (Al Gharafa).
  9. 60' Goal! Sharjah 1, Al Gharafa 2. Rey Manaj (Sharjah) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  10. 62' Goal! Sharjah 2, Al Gharafa 2. Ousmane Camara (Sharjah) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  11. 63' Substitution, Al Gharafa. Álvaro Djaló replaces Florinel Coman.
  12. 63' Harun Ibrahim (Sharjah) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 73' Goal! Sharjah 2, Al Gharafa 3. Joselu (Al Gharafa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  14. 74' Substitution, Al Gharafa. Ayoub Al Ouwi replaces Aron Gunnarsson.
  15. 79' Substitution, Sharjah. Firas Ben Arbi replaces Adel Taarabt.
  16. 86' Khalifa Ababacar (Al Gharafa) is shown the red card.
  17. 90' Substitution, Al Gharafa. Amine Lecomte-Addani replaces Mason Holgate.
  18. 90' Substitution, Al Gharafa. Damé Traoré replaces Yacine Brahimi.
  19. 90'+1' Goal! Sharjah 3, Al Gharafa 3. Rey Manaj (Sharjah) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  20. 90'+3' Feta Fetai (Sharjah) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  21. 90'+10' Goal! Sharjah 4, Al Gharafa 3. Igor Coronado (Sharjah) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ousmane Camara.

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