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Esteghlal FC - Al-Gharafa (3-0), AFC Champions League — latest Football results, statistics and series

Esteghlal FC

Esteghlal FC (IRN)

Al-Gharafa

Al-Gharafa (QAT)

Starting lineups

Esteghlal FC

Starting lineups confirmed

4-4-2

Lineups formation

50.7

Overall player rating

57.1 %

From the perfect composition

57%

Attacking

51%

Technical

48%

Defending

43%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
1	Seyed Hossein Hosseini	G	31	0,7M+
10	Ramin Rezaeian	D	33	0,7M+
3	Saman Fallah	D	20
55	Raphael Silva	D	31	0,7M+	49.7
18	Milad Zakipour	D	27	0,4M+
80	Mohammadhossein Eslami	M
4	Roozbeh Cheshmi	D	30	0,9M+
22	Didier N'Dong	M	29	3,9M+	50.7
14	Zobeir Niknafs	M	30	0,5M+
19	Gustavo Blanco	F	32	1,6M+	48.7
77	Jaloliddin Masharipov	M	30	1,9M+	54.9

Substitute
12	Mohammadreza Khaledabadi	G
6	Iman Salimi	D	27	0,7M+
33	Abolfazl Jalali	D	25	0,3M+
2	Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	D	30	0,4M+
16	Abbas Sharafi	M
66	Zargham Saadavi	M
88	Arash Rezavand	M	30	0,6M+
70	Mehdi Bahraminejad	M
21	Gaël Kakuta	M	32	3,2M+	50.1
7	Mehrdad Mohammadi	F	30	2,2M+	49.9
23	Arman Ramezani	F	31	0,4M+

Al-Gharafa

Starting lineups confirmed

4-4-2

Lineups formation

54.1

Overall player rating

72.4 %

From the perfect composition

66%

Attacking

53%

Technical

60%

Defending

50%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
18	Khalifa Ababacar	G	34	0,3M+
2	Abdalla Yousif	D	19
20	Hyun Soo Jang	D	32	1,1M+	50.1
42	Seydou Sano	D
7	Florinel Coman	M	25	5,0M+	57.1
29	Fabricio Díaz	M	20		54.5
31	Ferjani Sassi	F	31	2,6M+
32	Matías Nani	D	25	0,5M+	50.9
80	Ahmed Alganehi	M	22
23	Assim Madibo	M	27	0,6M+
9	Joselu	F	33	5,2M+	57.7

Substitute
16	Youssef Hassan	D
1	Yousef Hassan	G	27
6	Dame Traore	D	37	0,1M+
21	Saifeldeen Fadlalla	D	19
99	Jamal Hamed	F
14	Andri Syahputra Sudarmanto	M	24
25	Ibrahim Tamer Khaled	M
3	Mohammed Muntari	F	29	0,5M+
26	Rabh Boussafi	F	23	0,0M+

Events: Esteghlal FC


Persian Gulf League
Round 21
2025-02-27	Persepolis FC - Esteghlal FC	-
Round 20
2025-02-22	Esteghlal FC - Nassaji Mazandaran FC	-

AFC Champions League
Round 8
2025-02-18	Al-Rayyan - Esteghlal FC	-

Hazfi Cup
Round 5
2025-02-13	Shams Azar Qazvin - Esteghlal FC	-

Persian Gulf League
Round 19
2025-02-07	Mes Rafsanjan FC - Esteghlal FC	0 - 0

AFC Champions League
Round 7
2025-02-03	Esteghlal FC - Al-Shorta	1 - 1

Persian Gulf League
Round 18
2025-01-30	Esteghlal FC - Esteghlal Khuzestan	2 - 0
Round 17
2025-01-25	Malavan Bandar Anzali FC - Esteghlal FC	0 - 0
Round 16
2025-01-20	Esteghlal FC - Shams Azar Qazvin	0 - 1

Odds

Full time

Books	1	X	2
Bet365	1.75	3.7	4.5

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Match stats

Esteghlal FC

Al-Gharafa

53%	Ball possession	47%
390	Passes	345
20	Total shots	4
4	Shots on target	1
0	Hit woodwork	0
9	Shots off target	2
7	Blocked shots	1
14	Shots inside box	1
6	Shots outside box	3
297	Accurate passes	266
59	Final third entries	47
24/72 (33%)	Long balls	26/58 (45%)
11	Goal kicks	12
11	Tackles	5
21	Throw-ins	16
5/21 (24%)	Crosses	0/11 (0%)
56%	Duels	44%
1	Dispossessed	5
31/52 (60%)	Ground duels	21/52 (40%)
17/34 (50%)	Aerial duels	17/34 (50%)
64%	Tackles won	80%
11	Total tackles	5
48	Recoveries	39
15	Clearances	25
9	Fouls	10
9	Free kicks	9
2	Yellow cards	4
2	Fouled in final third	0
13	Interceptions	7
20	Total shots	4
35	Touches in penalty area	8
97/137 (71%)	Final third phase	36/73 (49%)
12/16 (75%)	Dribbles	7/13 (54%)
5	Corner kicks	2
1	Goalkeeper saves	2
1	Total saves	2
3	High claims	1

55%	Ball possession	45%
207	Passes	171
5	Total shots	3
0	Shots on target	1
0	Hit woodwork	0
2	Shots off target	1
3	Blocked shots	1
3	Shots inside box	1
2	Shots outside box	2
156	Accurate passes	130
33	Final third entries	24
11/32 (34%)	Long balls	14/30 (47%)
6	Goal kicks	5
6	Tackles	3
13	Throw-ins	5
1/11 (9%)	Crosses	0/7 (0%)
51%	Duels	49%
1	Dispossessed	2
13/21 (62%)	Ground duels	8/21 (38%)
7/18 (39%)	Aerial duels	11/18 (61%)
50%	Tackles won	67%
6	Total tackles	3
25	Recoveries	20
8	Clearances	16
4	Free kicks	3
0	Yellow cards	2
1	Fouled in final third	0
7	Interceptions	5
5	Total shots	3
3/5 (60%)	Dribbles	2/6 (33%)
2	Corner kicks	2
1	Goalkeeper saves	0
1	Total saves	0

51%	Ball possession	49%
15	Total shots	1
0	Goalkeeper saves	2
3	Corner kicks	0
183	Passes	174
5	Tackles	2
5	Free kicks	6
2	Yellow cards	2
15	Total shots	1
4	Shots on target	0
0	Hit woodwork	0
7	Shots off target	1
4	Blocked shots	0
11	Shots inside box	0
4	Shots outside box	1
1	Fouled in final third	0
141	Accurate passes	136
8	Throw-ins	11
26	Final third entries	23
13/40 (33%)	Long balls	12/28 (43%)
4/10 (40%)	Crosses	0/4 (0%)
60%	Duels	40%
0	Dispossessed	3
80%	Tackles won	100%
5	Total tackles	2
6	Interceptions	2
23	Recoveries	19
7	Clearances	9
0	Total saves	2
5	Goal kicks	7
18/31 (58%)	Ground duels	13/31 (42%)
10/16 (63%)	Aerial duels	6/16 (38%)
9/11 (82%)	Dribbles	5/7 (71%)

Media

Esteghlal FC 3 - 0 Al-Gharafa

Full Highlights

2024-09-17

Esteghlal FC - Al-Gharafa

Asia, AFC Champions League, match Esteghlal FC - Al-Gharafa, start time 2024-09-16 18:00:00 international time.

Esteghlal FC and Al-Gharafa takes part in the championship AFC Champions League, Asia.

The match will take place at the stadium Shahr-e Qods Stadium in the city Tehran, Iran. Stadium capacity Shahr-e Qods Stadium is 8 000 people.

Head Referee - Ning Ma. At the moment he is 44 years old. Accounting for yellow and red cards: Ning Ma played 180 matches, noted 765 of yellow cards and 28 of red.

You can see the list of players in the squad, head coach and upcoming matches. Also evaluate in more detail the effectiveness and arithmetic average of the teams before the game:

Events: Al-Gharafa


Stars League
Round 19
2025-03-29	Al-Gharafa - Al Duhail	-
Round 18
2025-03-07	Umm-Salal SC - Al-Gharafa	-
Round 17
2025-02-27	Al-Gharafa - Al-Sadd	-
Round 16
2025-02-22	Al-Gharafa - Qatar SC	-

AFC Champions League
Round 8
2025-02-17	Al-Ahli - Al-Gharafa	-

Stars League
Round 15
2025-02-08	Al Shamal SC - Al-Gharafa	1 - 2

AFC Champions League
Round 7
2025-02-04	Al-Gharafa - Pakhtakor Tashkent	1 - 0

Stars League
Round 14
2025-01-29	Al-Rayyan - Al-Gharafa	2 - 2
Round 13
2025-01-22	Al-Gharafa - Al-Ahli Doha	2 - 0

Club Friendly Games
Round 1
2025-01-16	Al-Gharafa - ŠK Slovan Bratislava	1 - 2

Standings

East: 2024-2025

Standings table
#	Teams	P	W	D	L	Goals	PTS
1	Yokohama F. Marinos	6	4	1	1	20:9	13
2	Gwangju FC	6	4	1	1	13:7	13
3	Vissel Kobe	6	4	1	1	10:6	13
4	Kawasaki Frontale	6	4	0	2	11:4	12
5	Pohang Steelers	6	3	0	3	11:10	9
6	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	2	2	2	9:6	8
7	Shanghai Port	6	2	2	2	10:12	8
8	Buriram United	6	2	2	2	3:9	8
9	Shanghai Shenhua	6	2	1	3	9:9	7
10	Shandong Taishan	6	2	1	3	9:13	7
11	Ulsan Hyundai	6	1	0	5	3:14	3
12	Central Coast Mariners	6	0	1	5	8:17	1

West: 2024-2025

Standings table
#	Teams	P	W	D	L	Goals	PTS
1	Al-Hilal	7	6	1	0	24:7	19
2	Al-Ahli	7	6	1	0	17:6	19
3	Al-Nassr	7	5	1	1	17:6	16
4	Al-Sadd	7	3	3	1	9:7	12
5	Al Wasl	7	3	2	2	8:10	11
6	Al-Rayyan	7	2	2	3	8:10	8
7	Al-Gharafa	7	2	1	4	8:14	7
8	Esteghlal FC	7	1	3	3	6:9	6
9	Persepolis FC	7	1	3	3	6:10	6
10	Pakhtakor Tashkent	7	0	4	3	2:5	4
11	Al-Shorta	7	0	3	4	5:17	3
12	Al-Ain	7	0	2	5	11:20	2

Referee

Ning Ma

Age

180

Total games

4.25

Average per match

0.32

Average per match

Location

Iran

Country

Tehran

City

Shahr-e Qods Stadium

Stadium

8 000

Capacity