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Al-Ahli

Al-Ahli (SAU)

Esteghlal FC

Esteghlal FC (IRN)

Starting lineups

Al-Ahli

Starting lineups confirmed

4-2-3-1

Lineups formation

54.4

Overall player rating

73.1 %

From the perfect composition

61%

Attacking

51%

Technical

54%

Defending

49%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
16	Edouard Mendy	G	31	8,7M+	62.9
27	Ali Majrashi	D	24		50.9
28	Merih Demiral	D	25	19,4M+	54.3
3	Roger Ibañez	D	24	1,9M+	55.5
31	Saad Yaslam Balobaid	D	22		49.7
79	Franck Kessié	M	26	23,0M+	56.7
11	Alexsander	M	20		53.7
7	Riyad Mahrez	M	32	62,0M+	68.9
8	Sumaihan Al-Nabet	M	27	0,1M+	48.7
19	Fahad Ayed Al-Rashidi	M	26	0,0M+	46.9
99	Ivan Toney	F	27	0,5M+	62.3

Substitute
62	Abdullah Abdo	G
1	Abdulrahman Al Sanbi	G	21
5	Mohammed Sulaiman Bakor	D	18
6	Mohammed Bassam Alhurayji	D
15	Abdullah Al-Amar	D	29	0,0M+	47.5
30	Ziyad Aljohani	M	22
40	Ali Alasmari	M	26	0,3M+	50.9
39	Yaseen Al-Zubaidi	F
45	Abdulkarim Darisi	M
9	Firas Albirakan	F	23	0,3M+	52.5

Esteghlal FC

Starting lineups confirmed

5-4-1

Lineups formation

50.8

Overall player rating

66.6 %

From the perfect composition

54%

Attacking

50%

Technical

48%

Defending

43%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
1	Seyed Hossein Hosseini	G	31	0,7M+
10	Ramin Rezaeian	D	33	0,7M+
33	Abolfazl Jalali	D	25	0,3M+
55	Raphael Silva	D	31	0,7M+	49.7
4	Roozbeh Cheshmi	D	30	0,9M+
2	Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	D	30	0,4M+
80	Mohammadhossein Eslami	M
88	Arash Rezavand	M	30	0,6M+
22	Didier N'Dong	M	29	3,9M+	50.7
77	Jaloliddin Masharipov	M	30	1,9M+	54.9
19	Gustavo Blanco	F	32	1,6M+	48.7

Substitute
12	Mohammadreza Khaledabadi	G
50	Amirhossein Nikpour	G	21	0,0M+
6	Iman Salimi	D	27	0,7M+
18	Milad Zakipour	D	27	0,4M+
15	Abolfazl Zamani	M
70	Mehdi Bahraminejad	M
21	Gaël Kakuta	M	32	3,2M+	50.1
66	Zargham Saadavi	M
14	Zobeir Niknafs	M	30	0,5M+
23	Arman Ramezani	F	31	0,4M+
99	Amirali Sadeghi	F	20
90	Amirmohammad Mardomi	F

Events: Al-Ahli


Saudi Professional League
Round 18
2025-01-30	Al Orobah - Al-Ahli	-
Round 17
2025-01-26	Al-Ahli - Al Riyadh	-
Round 16
2025-01-20	Al-Ettifaq - Al-Ahli	-
Round 15
2025-01-15	Al Kholood - Al-Ahli	-
Round 14
2025-01-10	Al-Ahli - Al-Shabab	-
Round 13
2024-12-07	Al-Taawoun - Al-Ahli	2 - 4

AFC Champions League
Round 6
2024-12-02	Al-Ahli - Esteghlal FC	2 - 2

Saudi Professional League
Round 12
2024-11-29	Al-Ahli - Al-Wehda	1 - 0

AFC Champions League
Round 5
2024-11-25	Al-Ain - Al-Ahli	1 - 2

Saudi Professional League
Round 11
2024-11-22	Al-Fayha - Al-Ahli	0 - 1

Odds

Full time

Books	1	X	2
Bet365	1.4	4.33	6

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Match stats

Al-Ahli

Esteghlal FC

68%	Ball possession	32%
484	Passes	225
19	Total shots	5
8	Shots on target	3
2	Hit woodwork	0
9	Shots off target	1
2	Blocked shots	1
12	Shots inside box	4
7	Shots outside box	1
425	Accurate passes	162
63	Final third entries	36
21/31 (68%)	Long balls	15/48 (31%)
2	Interceptions	10
45	Recoveries	43
19	Total shots	5
1	Goalkeeper saves	6
14	Tackles	10
14	Throw-ins	18
92/130 (71%)	Final third phase	25/48 (52%)
65%	Duels	35%
9	Dispossessed	9
39/62 (63%)	Ground duels	23/62 (37%)
21/31 (68%)	Aerial duels	10/31 (32%)
86%	Tackles won	50%
14	Total tackles	10
1	Total saves	6
14	Free kicks	11
11	Fouls	16
6	Fouled in final third	0
6/25 (24%)	Crosses	1/11 (9%)
13	Clearances	24
6	Big chances	2
4	Big chances missed	1
2	Goal kicks	12
4	Corner kicks	1
31	Touches in penalty area	8
11/12 (92%)	Dribbles	4/9 (44%)
2	Big chances scored	1
2	Offsides	2
1	Yellow cards	4
0	Red cards	1

62%	Ball possession	38%
236	Passes	144
7	Total shots	3
3	Shots on target	1
1	Hit woodwork	0
2	Shots off target	1
2	Blocked shots	1
4	Shots inside box	3
3	Shots outside box	0
202	Accurate passes	112
30	Final third entries	11
8/13 (62%)	Long balls	6/23 (26%)
0	Interceptions	7
24	Recoveries	24
7	Total shots	3
0	Goalkeeper saves	2
10	Tackles	6
8	Throw-ins	12
61%	Duels	39%
5	Dispossessed	6
21/34 (62%)	Ground duels	13/34 (38%)
6/10 (60%)	Aerial duels	4/10 (40%)
80%	Tackles won	67%
10	Total tackles	6
0	Total saves	2
9	Free kicks	6
4	Fouled in final third	0
1/6 (17%)	Crosses	1/3 (33%)
4	Clearances	7
3	Big chances	1
2	Big chances missed	0
2	Goal kicks	5
0	Corner kicks	1
2/3 (67%)	Dribbles	2/6 (33%)
1	Big chances scored	1
0	Offsides	0
0	Yellow cards	0
0	Red cards	0

75%	Ball possession	25%
3	Big chances	1
12	Total shots	2
1	Goalkeeper saves	4
4	Corner kicks	0
248	Passes	81
4	Tackles	4
5	Free kicks	5
12	Total shots	2
5	Shots on target	2
1	Hit woodwork	0
7	Shots off target	0
0	Blocked shots	0
8	Shots inside box	1
4	Shots outside box	1
1	Big chances scored	0
2	Big chances missed	1
2	Fouled in final third	0
223	Accurate passes	50
6	Throw-ins	6
33	Final third entries	25
13/18 (72%)	Long balls	9/25 (36%)
5/19 (26%)	Crosses	0/8 (0%)
67%	Duels	33%
4	Dispossessed	3
18/28 (64%)	Ground duels	10/28 (36%)
15/21 (71%)	Aerial duels	6/21 (29%)
9/9 (100%)	Dribbles	2/3 (67%)
100%	Tackles won	25%
4	Total tackles	4
2	Interceptions	3
21	Recoveries	19
9	Clearances	17
1	Total saves	4
0	Goal kicks	7
2	Offsides	2
1	Yellow cards	4
0	Red cards	1

Series 8

General

Al-Ahli Wins 5

Al-Ahli First to score 5 of 5

Al-Ahli More than 10.5 corners 5 of 7

Al-Ahli Less than 2.5 goals 5 of 7

Esteghlal FC First to concede 5 of 7

Esteghlal FC Less than 4.5 cards 8 of 9

Personal meetings

Al-Ahli + Esteghlal FC More than 2.5 goals 5 of 6

Al-Ahli + Esteghlal FC Less than 4.5 cards 5 of 6

Esteghlal FC No losses 3

Media

Al-Ahli 2-2 Esteghlal FC

Full Highlights

2024-12-03

Al-Ahli - Esteghlal FC

Asia, AFC Champions League, match Al-Ahli - Esteghlal FC, start time 2024-12-02 16:00:00 international time.

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

The match will take place at the stadium King Abdullah Sports City in the city Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Stadium capacity King Abdullah Sports City is 62 000 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: Esteghlal FC


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

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

Persian Gulf League
Round 18
2025-01-30	Esteghlal FC - Esteghlal Khuzestan	-
Round 17
2025-01-25	Malavan Bandar Anzali FC - Esteghlal FC	-
Round 16
2025-01-20	Esteghlal FC - Shams Azar Qazvin	-
Round 15
2025-01-02	Esteghlal FC - Sepahan S.C.	1 - 1
Round 14
2024-12-26	Chador Malu Yazd - Esteghlal FC	0 - 0
Round 13
2024-12-20	Aluminium Arak - Esteghlal FC	1 - 1
Round 12
2024-12-16	Esteghlal FC - Gol Gohar Sirjan	0 - 0

Hazfi Cup
Round 6
2024-12-12	Esteghlal FC - Sanat Mes Kerman	1 - 0

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	6	5	1	0	20:6	16
2	Al-Ahli	6	5	1	0	14:5	16
3	Al-Nassr	6	4	1	1	13:6	13
4	Al-Sadd	6	3	3	0	8:4	12
5	Al Wasl	6	3	2	1	8:6	11
6	Persepolis FC	6	1	3	2	5:6	6
7	Al-Rayyan	6	1	2	3	6:9	5
8	Esteghlal FC	6	1	2	3	5:8	5
9	Pakhtakor Tashkent	6	0	4	2	2:4	4
10	Al-Gharafa	6	1	1	4	7:14	4
11	Al-Ain	6	0	2	4	10:18	2
12	Al-Shorta	6	0	2	4	4:16	2

Referee

Ning Ma

Age

180

Total games

4.25

Average per match

0.32

Average per match

Location

Saudi Arabia

Country

Jeddah

City

King Abdullah Sports City

Stadium

62 000

Capacity