Esteghlal FC 1–3 Al Sadd
Esteghlal FC
1–3HT 1–0
Al Sadd
Esteghlal FC played Al Sadd in the AFC Champions League on 27 August 2018 at Azadi Stadium. The match finished 1–3.
Goals and cards
- 12'Boualem Khoukhi (OG)
- 24'Woo-Young Jung — Yellow card
- 41'Markus Neumayr — Yellow card
- 47'Armin Sohrabian — Yellow card
- 60'Akram Afif (assist by B. Bounedjah)
- 63'Farshid Bagheri — Yellow card
- 65'B. Bounedjah (assist by Xavi)
- 74'B. Bounedjah
Line-ups
Esteghlal FC 4-3-3
- M. Rahmati
- P. Montazeri
- V. Ghafouri
- R. Cheshmi
- A. Sohrabian
- M. Neumayr
- F. Bagheri
- Humam Tariq
- F. Esmaeili
- M. Tabrizi
- A. Gero
- SUBSTITUTES
- M. Daneshgar
- S. Aghaei
- A. Karimi
- K. Heydari
- M. Zakipour
- H. Hosseini
- R. Bagheri
- COACHES: W. Schäfer
Al Sadd 4-3-3
- Meshaal Barsham
- Hamid Ismaeil
- Boualem Khoukhi
- Abdelkarim Hassan
- Pedro Miguel Correia
- Yasser Aboubaker Essa
- Xavi
- Gabi
- Jung Woo-Young
- B. Bounedjah
- Akram Afif
- SUBSTITUTES
- Hassan Al Heidos
- Ali Assadalla
- Hamza Sanhaji
- Saud Abdullah
- Ahmed Suhail
- Mosaab Khoder
- Salem Al Hajri
- COACHES: Jesualdo Ferreira
Match statistics
| Esteghlal FC | Al Sadd | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Shots on goal | 6 |
| 4 | Shots off goal | 8 |
| 7 | Total shots | 19 |
| 1 | Blocked shots | 5 |
| 5 | Shots inside box | 10 |
| 2 | Shots outside box | 9 |
| 19 | Fouls | 8 |
| 3 | Corners | 6 |
| 4 | Offsides | 3 |
| 47% | Possession | 53% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3 | Saves | 2 |
| 368 | Total passes | 406 |
| 298 | Accurate passes | 332 |
| 81% | Pass accuracy | 82% |