Al-Shorta vs Al Ahli, 2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite, League Stage

· AFC Champions League Elite
Al-Shorta
    FT
    0 - 5
    Al Ahli
    • 30': Ibañez
    • 56': Ivan Toney
    • 72': Galeno
    • 81': Waheb Saleh
    • 86': Ziyad Aljohani

    About

    Al-Shorta are hosting Al Ahli at Al-Zawraa Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq, starting on . The match is a part of the AFC Champions League Elite.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Corner, Al Ahli. Conceded by Munaf Younus.
    • 4': Foul by Valentin Atangana (Al Ahli).
    • 4': Leonel Ateba (Al Shorta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 5': Attempt missed. Mahmoud Al Mawas (Al Shorta) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 6': Delay in match because of an injury Valentin Atangana (Al Ahli).
    • 7': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 9': Attempt missed. Mahmoud Al Mawas (Al Shorta) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Hasan Raed with a cross.
    • 10': Attempt blocked. Fahad Al Rashidi (Al Ahli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 10': Corner, Al Ahli. Conceded by Munaf Younus.
    • 10': Offside, Al Ahli. Ivan Toney is caught offside.
    • 12': Foul by Ivan Toney (Al Ahli).
    • 12': Munaf Younus (Al Shorta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Offside, Al Shorta. Leonel Ateba is caught offside.
    • 20': Attempt blocked. Leonel Ateba (Al Shorta) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hussein Ali Jasim Al Saedi.
    • 20': Corner, Al Shorta. Conceded by Ziyad Al Johani.
    • 21': Abdulrahman Al Sanbi (Al Ahli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Foul by Munaf Younus (Al Shorta).
    • 21': Attempt blocked. Ahmed Farhan (Al Shorta) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mahmoud Al Mawas.
    • 21': Corner, Al Shorta. Conceded by Merih Demiral.
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Abdulrazzaq Qasim (Al Shorta) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mahmoud Al Mawas.
    • 22': Corner, Al Shorta. Conceded by Galeno.
    • 24': Ali Majrashi (Al Ahli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Foul by Hasan Raed (Al Shorta).
    • 25': Abdulrazzaq Qasim (Al Shorta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 25': Foul by Ivan Toney (Al Ahli).
    • 26': Attempt blocked. Matheus Gonçalves (Al Ahli) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fahad Al Rashidi.
    • 26': Corner, Al Ahli. Conceded by Hasan Raed.
    • 30': Goal! Al Shorta 0, Al Ahli 1. Ibañez (Al Ahli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Toney.
    • 34': Offside, Al Shorta. Leonel Ateba is caught offside.
    • 37': Corner, Al Ahli. Conceded by Mehdi Ashabi.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Ahmed Farhan (Al Shorta) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Mahmoud Al Mawas.
    • 40': Dominique Mendy (Al Shorta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Foul by Valentin Atangana (Al Ahli).
    • 41': Attempt saved. Leonel Ateba (Al Shorta) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Abdulrahman Al Sanbi (Al Ahli).
    • 41': Corner, Al Shorta. Conceded by Abdulrahman Al Sanbi.
    • 43': Foul by Hussein Ali Jasim Al Saedi (Al Shorta).
    • 43': Galeno (Al Ahli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 44': Offside, Al Ahli. Ivan Toney is caught offside.
    • 45': Attempt saved. Matheus Gonçalves (Al Ahli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Ahmed Basil (Al Shorta). Assisted by Ivan Toney.
    • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Corner, Al Ahli. Conceded by Mehdi Ashabi.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Al Shorta 0, Al Ahli 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Al Shorta 0, Al Ahli 1.
    • 47': Attempt missed. Ahmed Farhan (Al Shorta) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mahmoud Al Mawas.
    • 49': Attempt missed. Leonel Ateba (Al Shorta) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Hussein Ali Jasim Al Saedi.
    • 51': Offside, Al Ahli. Ivan Toney is caught offside.
    • 52': Attempt saved. Fahad Al Rashidi (Al Ahli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Ahmed Basil (Al Shorta). Assisted by Ivan Toney.
    • 52': Dominique Mendy (Al Shorta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Foul by Ivan Toney (Al Ahli).
    • 54': Offside, Al Ahli. Ivan Toney is caught offside.
    • 56': Goal! Al Shorta 0, Al Ahli 2. Ivan Toney (Al Ahli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Galeno with a through ball following a fast break.
    • 56': Delay in match because of an injury Ivan Toney (Al Ahli).
    • 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 62': Dominique Mendy (Al Shorta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 62': Foul by Valentin Atangana (Al Ahli).
    • 65': Substitution, Al Shorta. Hussain Jabbar replaces Mahmoud Al Mawas.
    • 65': Substitution, Al Shorta. Bassam Shakir replaces Hasan Raed.
    • 66': Handball by Munaf Younus (Al Shorta).
    • 68': Foul by Hussain Jabbar (Al Shorta).
    • 68': Ibañez (Al Ahli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Delay in match because of an injury Ibañez (Al Ahli).
    • 70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 71': Substitution, Al Ahli. Saleh Abu Al Shamat replaces Fahad Al Rashidi.
    • 72': Attempt blocked. Leonel Ateba (Al Shorta) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominique Mendy.
    • 72': Attempt blocked. Hussein Ali Jasim Al Saedi (Al Shorta) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hussain Jabbar.
    • 72': Goal! Al Shorta 0, Al Ahli 3. Galeno (Al Ahli) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Saleh Abu Al Shamat with a through ball following a fast break.
    • 74': Attempt saved. Ivan Toney (Al Ahli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner by Ahmed Basil (Al Shorta). Assisted by Saleh Abu Al Shamat.
    • 75': Corner, Al Shorta. Conceded by Ibañez.
    • 76': Foul by Merih Demiral (Al Ahli).
    • 76': Leonel Ateba (Al Shorta) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 77': Foul by Valentin Atangana (Al Ahli).
    • 77': Hussain Jabbar (Al Shorta) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 78': Substitution, Al Shorta. Mohammad Dawood replaces Mustafa Sadoun.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Dominique Mendy (Al Shorta) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Abdulrahman Al Sanbi (Al Ahli).
    • 79': Offside, Al Shorta. Leonel Ateba is caught offside.
    • 79': Foul by Matheus Gonçalves (Al Ahli).
    • 79': Hussein Ali Jasim Al Saedi (Al Shorta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Goal! Al Shorta 0, Al Ahli 4. Saleh Abu Al Shamat (Al Ahli) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Toney following a fast break.
    • 82': Substitution, Al Ahli. Zakaria Hawsawi replaces Galeno.
    • 83': Substitution, Al Ahli. Mohammed Abdulrahman replaces Ali Majrashi.
    • 84': Dominique Mendy (Al Shorta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Foul by Ziyad Al Johani (Al Ahli).
    • 85': Attempt missed. Bassam Shakir (Al Shorta) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Dominique Mendy.
    • 86': Corner, Al Ahli. Conceded by Ahmed Basil.
    • 86': Goal! Al Shorta 0, Al Ahli 5. Ziyad Al Johani (Al Ahli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
    • 87': Substitution, Al Ahli. Mohammed Sulaiman replaces Merih Demiral.
    • 87': Substitution, Al Ahli. Yaseen Al Zubaidi replaces Matheus Gonçalves.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Ivan Toney (Al Ahli) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ziyad Al Johani with a through ball.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 0 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Second Half ends, Al Shorta 0, Al Ahli 5.
    • 0': Match ends, Al Shorta 0, Al Ahli 5.

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/8346.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originAHL SHO
    10 Fouls 5
    0 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    4 Offsides 3
    6 Corner Kicks 5
    2 Saves 3
    43 Possession 57
    11 SHOTS 13
    8 ON GOAL 2
    0.7 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    266 Accurate Passes 383
    340 Passes 449
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    2 Accurate Crosses 4
    9 Crosses 15
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    49 Long Balls 47
    23 Accurate Long Balls 18
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    2 Blocked Shots 5
    11 Effective Tackles 11
    23 Tackles 15
    0.5 Tackle % 0.7
    5 Interceptions 5
    8 Effective Clearances 20
    8 Clearances 20

    Game Information

    Competition: AFC Champions League Elite

    Venue: Al-Zawraa Stadium
    Location: Baghdad, Iraq
    Attendance: 4,864

    AFC Champions League Elite Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Al Hilal 6 +10 18
    2 Traktor Sazi FC 6 +8 14
    3 Al Ahli 6 +11 13
    4 Al-Wahda 6 +5 13
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    SHO Al-Shorta (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Ahmed Basil (GK)
    6 Mehdi Ashabi
    4 Munaf Younus
    12 Hasan Raed
    23 Mustafa Saadoon
    7 Mahmoud Al-Mawas
    25 Abdulrazzaq Qasim
    8 Dominique Mendy
    10 Leonel Ateba
    17 Ahmad Farhan
    9 Hussein Ali Al-Saedi
    Al-Shorta Substitutes:
    Hussein Jabbar, Mohammed Dawood, Abdulkhaleq Mohammad, Salem Ahmed, Mohammad Kareem Abed Al Hachami, Hasan Ahmed, Shareef Abdulkadhim, Abdoul Madjid Moumouni, Bassam Shakir, Atheer Salih.

    AHL Al Ahli (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi (GK)
    3 Ibañez
    28 Merih Demiral
    32 Matteo Dams
    27 Ali Majrashi
    19 Fahad Alrashidi
    6 Valentin Atangana
    30 Ziyad Aljohani
    17 Ivan Toney
    13 Galeno
    20 Matheus Gonçalves
    Al Ahli Substitutes:
    Ramez Al Attar, Ziyad Mallah, Yaseen Al Zubaidi, Mohammed Yousef, Mohammed Sulaiman, Salman Al-Jadani, Abdullah Abdo, Zakaria Al Hawsawi, Waheb Saleh, Rayane Hamidou.

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