Al Sadd vs Esteghlal, 2024-25 AFC Champions League Elite, League Stage

· AFC Champions League Elite
Al Sadd
  • 40': Hossein Hosseini (OG)
  • 68': Akram Afif (P)
FT
2 - 0
Esteghlal

    About

    Al Sadd are hosting Esteghlal at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar, 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.
    • 2': Foul by Arash Rezavand (Esteghlal FC).
    • 2': Mohamed Camara (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 3': Corner, Al Sadd. Conceded by Roozbeh Cheshmi.
    • 4': Attempt missed. Boualem Khoukhi (Al Sadd) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Akram Afif with a cross following a corner.
    • 4': Foul by Guilherme (Al Sadd).
    • 4': Mehrdad Mohammadi (Esteghlal FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 5': Attempt missed. Ramin Rezaeian (Esteghlal FC) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Jaloliddin Masharipov with a cross.
    • 7': Delay in match because of an injury Roozbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal FC).
    • 9': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 9': Corner, Al Sadd. Conceded by Ramin Rezaeian.
    • 12': Offside, Al Sadd. Rafa Mújica is caught offside.
    • 13': Attempt saved. Gustavo Blanco Leschuk (Esteghlal FC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Abolfazl Jalali with a cross.
    • 13': Corner, Esteghlal FC. Conceded by Meshaal Barsham.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Mehrdad Mohammadi (Esteghlal FC) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
    • 15': Foul by Didier Ndong (Esteghlal FC).
    • 15': Mohamed Camara (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 20': Delay in match because of an injury Pedro Miguel (Al Sadd).
    • 22': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 22': Substitution, Al Sadd. Tarek Salman replaces Pedro Miguel because of an injury.
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Saman Fallah (Esteghlal FC) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ramin Rezaeian with a cross.
    • 23': Delay in match because of an injury Youcef Atal (Al Sadd).
    • 24': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 24': Substitution, Al Sadd. Abdullah Al Yazidi replaces Youcef Atal because of an injury.
    • 26': Foul by Jaloliddin Masharipov (Esteghlal FC).
    • 26': Mateus Uribe (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Foul by Roozbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal FC).
    • 29': Rafa Mújica (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Foul by Mohamed Camara (Al Sadd).
    • 30': Mehrdad Mohammadi (Esteghlal FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 30': Mohamed Camara (Al Sadd) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Ramin Rezaeian (Esteghlal FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jaloliddin Masharipov from a direct free kick.
    • 33': Offside, Al Sadd. Rafa Mújica is caught offside.
    • 34': Delay in match because of an injury Iman Salimi (Esteghlal FC).
    • 34': Delay in match because of an injury Mateus Uribe (Al Sadd).
    • 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 36': Corner, Esteghlal FC. Conceded by Romain Saïss.
    • 40': Attempt saved. Rafa Mújica (Al Sadd) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Romain Saïss.
    • 40': Corner, Al Sadd. Conceded by Hossein Hosseini.
    • 40': Own Goal by Hossein Hosseini, Esteghlal FC. Al Sadd 1, Esteghlal FC 0.
    • 43': Foul by Romain Saïss (Al Sadd).
    • 43': Gustavo Blanco Leschuk (Esteghlal FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 44': Hand ball by Saman Fallah (Esteghlal FC).
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Corner, Esteghlal FC. Conceded by Abdullah Al Yazidi.
    • 45'+3': Attempt saved. Iman Salimi (Esteghlal FC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Abolfazl Jalali with a cross.
    • 45'+4': Akram Afif (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+4': Foul by Arash Rezavand (Esteghlal FC).
    • 45'+6': First Half ends, Al Sadd 1, Esteghlal FC 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Al Sadd 1, Esteghlal FC 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Esteghlal FC. Mohammadhossein Eslami replaces Mehrdad Mohammadi.
    • 45': Substitution, Esteghlal FC. Raphael Silva replaces Iman Salimi.
    • 46': Foul by Abdullah Al Yazidi (Al Sadd).
    • 46': Jaloliddin Masharipov (Esteghlal FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Attempt saved. Paulo Otávio (Al Sadd) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Akram Afif.
    • 48': Corner, Esteghlal FC. Conceded by Romain Saïss.
    • 48': Corner, Esteghlal FC. Conceded by Romain Saïss.
    • 50': Boualem Khoukhi (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Foul by Mohammadhossein Eslami (Esteghlal FC).
    • 51': Foul by Arash Rezavand (Esteghlal FC).
    • 51': Mateus Uribe (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Attempt saved. Rafa Mújica (Al Sadd) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 57': Foul by Paulo Otávio (Al Sadd).
    • 57': Ramin Rezaeian (Esteghlal FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 60': Corner, Al Sadd. Conceded by Raphael Silva.
    • 62': Attempt saved. Mohamed Camara (Al Sadd) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paulo Otávio.
    • 62': Attempt saved. Mohamed Camara (Al Sadd) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mateus Uribe.
    • 65': Penalty Al Sadd. Akram Afif draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 65': Penalty conceded by Roozbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal FC) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 65': Roozbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 66': Delay in match because of an injury Akram Afif (Al Sadd).
    • 66': Substitution, Esteghlal FC. Gaël Kakuta replaces Arash Rezavand.
    • 66': Substitution, Esteghlal FC. Milad Zakipour replaces Abolfazl Jalali.
    • 67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 67': Substitution, Esteghlal FC. Arman Ramezani replaces Roozbeh Cheshmi.
    • 68': Goal! Al Sadd 2, Esteghlal FC 0. Akram Afif (Al Sadd) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
    • 69': Corner, Esteghlal FC. Conceded by Guilherme.
    • 70': Corner, Esteghlal FC. Conceded by Mohamed Camara.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Ramin Rezaeian (Esteghlal FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gustavo Blanco Leschuk.
    • 71': Foul by Rafa Mújica (Al Sadd).
    • 71': Mohammadhossein Eslami (Esteghlal FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 72': Attempt blocked. Gaël Kakuta (Esteghlal FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Didier Ndong.
    • 72': Corner, Esteghlal FC. Conceded by Boualem Khoukhi.
    • 73': Attempt saved. Saman Fallah (Esteghlal FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raphael Silva.
    • 73': Hand ball by Gustavo Blanco Leschuk (Esteghlal FC).
    • 74': Delay in match because of an injury Meshaal Barsham (Al Sadd).
    • 75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 76': Attempt missed. Mohammadhossein Eslami (Esteghlal FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Milad Zakipour.
    • 77': Hand ball by Gaël Kakuta (Esteghlal FC).
    • 78': Substitution, Al Sadd. Mohammed Waad replaces Guilherme.
    • 78': Substitution, Al Sadd. Cristo González replaces Rafa Mújica.
    • 79': Corner, Esteghlal FC. Conceded by Romain Saïss.
    • 80': Corner, Esteghlal FC. Conceded by Meshaal Barsham.
    • 81': Delay in match because of an injury Romain Saïss (Al Sadd).
    • 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 82': Cristo González (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Foul by Mohammadhossein Eslami (Esteghlal FC).
    • 83': Delay in match because of an injury Abdullah Al Yazidi (Al Sadd).
    • 85': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 86': Corner, Esteghlal FC. Conceded by Abdullah Al Yazidi.
    • 87': Attempt blocked. Cristo González (Al Sadd) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paulo Otávio.
    • 87': Foul by Paulo Otávio (Al Sadd).
    • 87': Mohammadhossein Eslami (Esteghlal FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Delay in match because of an injury Abdullah Al Yazidi (Al Sadd).
    • 90': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 11 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Esteghlal FC. Conceded by Paulo Otávio.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Milad Zakipour (Esteghlal FC) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ramin Rezaeian with a cross following a corner.
    • 90'+2': Substitution, Al Sadd. Ahmed Suhail replaces Abdullah Al Yazidi because of an injury.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Ramin Rezaeian (Esteghlal FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Gaël Kakuta.
    • 90'+4': Substitution, Esteghlal FC. Alireza Koushki replaces Jaloliddin Masharipov.
    • 90'+5': Attempt saved. Cristo González (Al Sadd) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Akram Afif.
    • 90'+5': Alireza Koushki (Esteghlal FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Ahmed Suhail (Al Sadd).
    • 90'+7': Corner, Al Sadd. Conceded by Saman Fallah.
    • 90'+8': Alireza Koushki (Esteghlal FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+8': Foul by Cristo González (Al Sadd).
    • 90'+8': Cristo González (Al Sadd) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+8': Attempt blocked. Gaël Kakuta (Esteghlal FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ramin Rezaeian.
    • 90'+9': Attempt missed. Akram Afif (Al Sadd) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 90'+10': Attempt saved. Ahmed Suhail (Al Sadd) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Akram Afif.
    • 90'+12': Corner, Esteghlal FC. Conceded by Boualem Khoukhi.
    • 90'+12': Second Half ends, Al Sadd 2, Esteghlal FC 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Al Sadd 2, Esteghlal FC 0.

    Statistics

    EST SADhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/7135.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    12 Fouls 9
    1 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 2
    13 Corner Kicks 5
    7 Saves 3
    57.1 Possession 42.9
    13 SHOTS 11
    3 ON GOAL 8
    0.2 On Target % 0.7
    0 Penalty Goals 1
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    381 Accurate Passes 306
    452 Passes 362
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    10 Accurate Crosses 3
    39 Crosses 11
    0.3 Cross % 0.3
    34 Long Balls 46
    12 Accurate Long Balls 23
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
    4 Blocked Shots 1
    7 Effective Tackles 7
    9 Tackles 13
    0.8 Tackle % 0.5
    5 Interceptions 17
    10 Effective Clearances 35
    10 Clearances 35

    Game Information

    Competition: AFC Champions League Elite

    Venue: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
    Location: Doha, Qatar
    Attendance: 6,599

    AFC Champions League Elite Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Al Hilal 6 +14 16
    2 Al Ahli 6 +9 16
    3 Al Nassr 6 +7 13
    4 Al Sadd 6 +4 12
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    SAD Al Sadd (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    22 Meshaal Barsham (GK)
    16 Boualem Khoukhi
    29 Romain Saïss
    2 Ró-Ró
    4 Mohamed Camara Yellow Card
    88 Mateus Uribe
    18 Guilherme
    6 Paulo Otávio
    77 Youcef Atal
    84 Akram Afif
    19 Rafa Mújica
    Al Sadd Substitutes:
    Abdulla Badr Alyazidi, Moustafa Tarek, Yusuf Abdurisag, Tarek Salman, Saad Al-Sheeb, Cristo, Hassan Al-Haydos, Mohammed Waad, Ali Asad, Giovani, Yousef Balideh, Ahmed Suhail.

    EST Esteghlal (5-3-2)

    No. Name
    1 Hossein Hosseini (GK)
    4 Roozbeh Cheshmi Yellow Card
    3 Saman Fallah
    6 Iman Salimi
    33 Abolfazl Jalali
    10 Ramin Rezaeian
    88 Arash Rezavand
    77 Jaloliddin Masharipov
    22 Didier N'Dong
    19 Gustavo Blanco
    7 Mehrdad Mohammadi
    Esteghlal Substitutes:
    Milad Zakipour, Amirhossein Nikpour, Mohammadreza Khaledabadi, Mohammad Moradmand, Arman Ramezani, Mohammad Zobeir Niknafs, Raphael Silva, Gaël Kakuta, Mehdi Bahraminejad, Zargham Saadavi, Mohammadhossein Eslami, Ali Kooshki.

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