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Al-Gharafa

1 — 2 Oct 12, 2026 · 11:45 PM IST

Esteghlal

AFC Champions League Elite West · Round 2

Venue Thani Bin Jassim Stadium (Al-Gharafah Stadium), Al Rayyan (Ar-Rayyan)

Referee Alex King

Attendance 2,783

Player of the Match Saleh Hardani 8.3 90' played

Match Events

32' Away ↔ Jasir Asani → Amirmohammad Razzaghinia

37' Away ⚽ Jasir Asani — 0-1

44' Away Jaloliddin Masharipov

45 + 4' Away Roozbeh Cheshmi

HT

46' Home ↔ Hassan Alaa Aladdin → Damé Traoré

48' Home ⚽ Ferjani Sassi — 1-1

53' Away ↔ Alireza Koushki → Jaloliddin Masharipov

60' Away ⚽ Hossein Goudarzi — 1-2

64' Home ↔ Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag → Frank Magri

67' Away ↔ Mohammadhossein Eslami → Jasir Asani

75' Home ↔ Florinel Coman → Seydou Sano

75' Home ↔ Mason Holgate → Abdulrahman Al Rashidi

80' Home ↔ Amjad Nassar Mohamed → Yacine Brahimi

82' Away Esmaeil Gholizadeh

FT

Match Stats

45 55

Ball possession

19 10

Total shots

9 3

Shots on target

23 12

Touches in opposition box

5 1

Big chances

4 1

Big chances missed

282 (79%) 370 (83%)

Accurate passes

0 3

Yellow cards

9 5

Corners

Lineups

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

Coach: Pedro Martins

Starting XI

31 Ahmed Kone 4.8

4 Seydou Sano 8

18 Ayoub Al Oui 5.2

6 Damé Traoré 6

2 Abdulrahman Al Rashidi 6.2

13 Ferjani Sassi 7.7

29 Fabricio Díaz ↗ 6.4

23 Saifeldeen Fadlalla 6.6

96 Adam Ounas 7.7

8 Yacine Brahimi 7

9 Frank Magri 6.3

Substitutes

90 Hassan Alaa Aladdin 6.3

11 Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag 6.6

27 Mason Holgate 6

7 Florinel Coman 6.3

97 Amjad Nassar Mohamed 6

45 Mohammad Al Mulla ↗

24 Hamad Kahiout

1 Khalifa N'Diaye

5 Mostafa Qadeera

22 Abdirashid Saeed Hassan

16 Jamil Friarkh

49 Rayyan Faragalla ↗

Esteghlal (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh

Starting XI

76 Habib Far Abbasi 8

2 Saleh Hardani 8.3

6 Saman Fallah 7.6

5 Rustamjon Ashurmatov 7.5

27 Hossein Goudarzi 8.1

8 Amirmohammad Razzaghinia 6.4

4 Roozbeh Cheshmi 7

87 Esmaeil Gholizadeh 7

33 Aref Aghasi 7.2

10 Jaloliddin Masharipov 6.7

11 Saeid Saharkhizan 7.1

Substitutes

7 Jasir Asani 7

20 Alireza Koushki 5.7

80 Mohammadhossein Eslami 6.5

40 Ahoora Nabizadeh

60 Seyed Aria Hosseinifard

15 Abolfazl Zamani

44 Iliya Ebrahimi

36 Alireza Mohebali

26 Mehdi Heydari ↗

88 Mehran Ahmadi

9 Mohammad Reza Azadi