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Esteghlal

3 — 0 Sep 14, 2026 · 11:45 PM IST

Al-Sadd

AFC Champions League Elite West · Round 1

Venue Basra International Stadium, al-Baṣra (Basra)

Referee Qasim Matar Al-Hatmi

Attendance 7,892

Player of the Match Jasir Asani 8.9 90' played

Match Events

9' Home ⚽ Jasir Asani — 1-0

33' Home Hossein Goudarzi

38' Home Alireza Koushki

HT

47' Home ⚽ Saeid Saharkhizan — 2-0

54' Home ↔ Esmaeil Gholizadeh → Alireza Koushki

61' Away Paulo Otávio

66' Away ↔ Mohamed Manai ↗ → Hashim Ali

68' Home ↔ Mohammadhossein Eslami → Saeid Saharkhizan

69' Home Saleh Hardani

78' Away ↔ Agustín Soría → Guilherme ↗

78' Away ↔ Hassan Al-Haydos → Yusuf Abdurisag

79' Away Claudinho ↗

81' Home ↔ Jaloliddin Masharipov → Amirmohammad Razzaghinia

90 + 2' Away ↔ Younes El Hannach → Pedro Miguel

90 + 5' Home ⚽ Esmaeil Gholizadeh — 3-0

FT

Match Stats

26 74

Ball possession

9 14

Total shots

7 3

Shots on target

14 29

Touches in opposition box

3 2

Big chances

0 2

Big chances missed

188 (74%) 623 (90%)

Accurate passes

3 2

Yellow cards

2 5

Corners

Lineups

Esteghlal (4-3-3)

Coach: Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh

Starting XI

76 Habib Far Abbasi 7.4

2 Saleh Hardani 7.7

6 Saman Fallah 7.3

5 Rustamjon Ashurmatov 7.6

27 Hossein Goudarzi 7.6

8 Amirmohammad Razzaghinia 6.8

4 Roozbeh Cheshmi 7

33 Aref Aghasi 7.4

7 Jasir Asani 8.9

11 Saeid Saharkhizan 7.6

20 Alireza Koushki 6.2

Substitutes

87 Esmaeil Gholizadeh 7.8

80 Mohammadhossein Eslami 7.6

10 Jaloliddin Masharipov 6

40 Ahoora Nabizadeh

60 Seyed Aria Hosseinifard

15 Abolfazl Zamani

18 Abolfazl Zoleykhaei

22 Saman Touranian

36 Alireza Mohebali

26 Mehdi Heydari ↗

88 Mehran Ahmadi

9 Mohammad Reza Azadi

Al-Sadd (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Răzvan Lucescu

Starting XI

22 Meshaal Barsham 6.3

2 Pedro Miguel 6.8

5 Tarek Salman 6

16 Boualem Khoukhi 5.8

6 Paulo Otávio 7

33 Claudinho ↗ 6.8

8 Guilherme ↗ 7.1

23 Hashim Ali 7.1

9 Roberto Firmino 6.6

30 Akram Afif 6.4

12 Yusuf Abdurisag 6

Substitutes

17 Mohamed Manai ↗ 6.5

80 Agustín Soría 7.1

10 Hassan Al-Haydos 5.9

3 Younes El Hannach

1 Saad Al Sheeb

31 Yousef Abdulla Baliadeh

26 Alessio Romagnoli

7 Mohammed Waad

14 Mustafa Mashaal