Esteghlal vs Al Muharraq, 2025-26 AFC Champions League Two, Group Stage

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60': Juninho Piauiense

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Esteghlal are hosting Al Muharraq at Shohada Shahr-e Qods Stadium, Tehran, Iran, starting on . The match is a part of the AFC Champions League Two.

Match Commentary

14': Didier N'Dong (Esteghlal) Yellow Card at 14'
45'+4': Ramin Rezaeian (Esteghlal) Yellow Card at 49'
60': Juninho Piauiense (Al Muharraq) Goal at 60'
64': Bruno Santos (Al Muharraq) Yellow Card at 64'
64': Saeid Saharkhizan (Esteghlal) Substitution at 64'
69': Rustamjon Ashurmatov (Esteghlal) Yellow Card at 69'
77': Mohammadhossein Eslami (Esteghlal) Substitution at 77'
77': Moussa Djenepo (Esteghlal) Substitution at 77'
78': Amir Razzaghinia (Esteghlal) Substitution at 78'
84': Lucas Morelatto (Al Muharraq) Substitution at 84'
84': Abdulkareem Diara (Al Muharraq) Substitution at 84'
88': Esmaeil Gholizadeh (Esteghlal) Substitution at 88'
90'+1': Ebrahim Lutfalla (Al Muharraq) Yellow Card at 91'
90'+2': Facundo Tobares (Al Muharraq) Substitution at 92'
90'+2': Waleed Al-Hayam (Al Muharraq) Substitution at 92'
90'+3': Abdulkareem Diara (Al Muharraq) Yellow Card at 93'

Statistics

MUH		EST
11	Fouls	9
3	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
10	Corner Kicks	10
1	Saves	4
33.5	Possession	66.5
11	SHOTS	8
5	ON GOAL	2
0.5	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
2	Blocked Shots	1
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: AFC Champions League Two

Venue: Shohada Shahr-e Qods Stadium
Location: Tehran, Iran
Attendance: 8,251

Line-Ups

Esteghlal (4-3-3)

No.	Name
76	Habib Far Abbasi (GK)
5	Rustam Ashurmatov
19	Saman Fallah
33	Abolfazl Jalali
10	Ramin Rezaeian
22	Didier N'Dong
17	Munir El Haddadi
88	Mehran Ahmadi
9	Duckens Nazon
20	Ali Kooshki
70	Jasir Asani

Esteghlal Substitutes:

Saeid Saharkhizan, Mohammadhossein Eslami, Armin Sohrabian, Moussa Djenepo, Abolfazl Zamani, Hossein Goudarzi, Mohammadreza Azadi, Roozbeh Cheshmi, Esmaeil Gholizadeh, Amirmohammad Razzaghinia, Saleh Hardani, Antonio Adán.

Al Muharraq (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
22	Ebrahim Lutfalla (GK)
14	Lazar Djordjevic
5	Amine Benaddi
26	Gervásio Olivera
31	Bruno Santos
80	Arthur
15	Abdul Wahab Annan
8	Mohamed Al-Hardan
37	Juninho Piauiense
99	Elliot Simoes
11	Soufiane Mahrouq

Al Muharraq Substitutes:

Facundo Tobares, Sabba Jameel, Abdulkareem Diara, Abdulla Al Khalasi, Omar Saber, Husain Abdulkarim, Ahmed Ali, Mohamed Ali Husain Mohamed Abdulla Al Banna, Sayed Mohamed Jaafar, Waleed Al-Hayam, Abdulwahab Al-Malood, Lucas Morelatto.

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