Al Ahli vs Sharjah, 2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite, League Stage
· AFC Champions League EliteAbout
Al Ahli are hosting Sharjah
at King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, starting on
. The match is a part of the AFC Champions League Elite.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Majid Rashid (Sharjah).
- 1': Saleh Abu Al Shamat (Al Ahli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 1': Corner, Al Ahli. Conceded by Marcus Meloni.
- 2': Foul by Saleh Abu Al Shamat (Al Ahli).
- 2': Guilherme Biro (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Corner, Al Ahli. Conceded by Majid Surour.
- 3': Delay in match because of an injury Majid Surour (Sharjah).
- 4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 5': Foul by Saleh Abu Al Shamat (Al Ahli).
- 5': Khaled Ebraheim (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Luanzinho (Sharjah).
- 5': Mohammed Abdulrahman (Al Ahli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Delay in match (Al Ahli).
- 7': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 8': Foul by Mohammed Abdulrahman (Al Ahli).
- 8': Luanzinho (Sharjah) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 9': Foul by Cho Yu-Min (Sharjah).
- 9': Ibañez (Al Ahli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Cho Yu-Min (Sharjah) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 11': Foul by Marcus Meloni (Sharjah).
- 11': Ziyad Al Johani (Al Ahli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Attempt blocked. Ziyad Al Johani (Al Ahli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Saleh Abu Al Shamat.
- 12': Attempt saved. Fahad Al Rashidi (Al Ahli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Adel Al Hosani (Sharjah).
- 12': Delay in match because of an injury Marcus Meloni (Sharjah).
- 13': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 16': Enzo Millot (Al Ahli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Majid Surour (Sharjah).
- 18': Corner, Sharjah. Conceded by Mohammed Sulaiman.
- 19': Foul by Mohammed Sulaiman (Al Ahli).
- 19': Rey Manaj (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 20': Foul by Rey Manaj (Sharjah).
- 20': Ibañez (Al Ahli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Attempt blocked. Luanzinho (Sharjah) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Majid Surour.
- 24': Attempt missed. Luanzinho (Sharjah) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marcus Meloni.
- 25': Delay in match because of an injury Mohammed Abdulrahman (Al Ahli).
- 27': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 28': Handball by Saleh Abu Al Shamat (Al Ahli).
- 31': Foul by Feras Al Brikan (Al Ahli).
- 31': Luanzinho (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Foul by Marcus Meloni (Sharjah).
- 33': Mohammed Abdulrahman (Al Ahli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 36': Foul by Luanzinho (Sharjah).
- 36': Mohammed Abdulrahman (Al Ahli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Corner, Al Ahli. Conceded by Marcus Meloni.
- 38': Foul by Mohammed Sulaiman (Al Ahli).
- 38': Luanzinho (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Delay in match because of an injury Luanzinho (Sharjah).
- 40': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 41': Corner, Sharjah. Conceded by Ziyad Al Johani.
- 41': Attempt missed. Khaled Ebraheim (Sharjah) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 44': Attempt saved. Luanzinho (Sharjah) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Abdulrahman Al Sanbi (Al Ahli). Assisted by Khaled Ebraheim with a cross.
- 45': Attempt missed. Enzo Millot (Al Ahli) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Firas Ben Arbi (Sharjah) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Majid Rashid.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Luanzinho (Sharjah) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Firas Ben Arbi following a fast break.
- 45'+2': Foul by Luanzinho (Sharjah).
- 45'+2': Ziyad Al Johani (Al Ahli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': Delay in match because of an injury Mohammed Abdulrahman (Al Ahli).
- 45'+4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45'+4': VAR Decision: No Red Card Luanzinho (Sharjah).
- 45'+5': Luanzinho (Sharjah) is shown the yellow card.
- 45'+6': Handball by Cho Yu-Min (Sharjah).
- 45'+7': First Half ends, Al Ahli 0, Sharjah 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Al Ahli 0, Sharjah 0.
- 46': Offside, Sharjah. Luanzinho is caught offside.
- 49': Handball by Riyad Mahrez (Al Ahli).
- 51': Offside, Sharjah. Rey Manaj is caught offside.
- 52': Foul by Enzo Millot (Al Ahli).
- 52': Guilherme Biro (Sharjah) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 52': Enzo Millot (Al Ahli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 53': Offside, Al Ahli. Feras Al Brikan is caught offside.
- 53': Shaheen Abdalla (Sharjah) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 54': Majid Rashid (Sharjah) is shown the yellow card.
- 55': Enzo Millot (Al Ahli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 55': Foul by Marcus Meloni (Sharjah).
- 58': Substitution, Sharjah. Igor Coronado replaces Firas Ben Arbi.
- 58': Substitution, Sharjah. Feta Fetai replaces Majid Rashid.
- 58': Delay in match because of an injury Mohammed Abdulrahman (Al Ahli).
- 59': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 61': Attempt blocked. Riyad Mahrez (Al Ahli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Enzo Millot.
- 61': Corner, Al Ahli. Conceded by Feta Fetai.
- 62': Delay in match because of an injury Mohammed Abdulrahman (Al Ahli).
- 62': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 64': Substitution, Al Ahli. Galeno replaces Enzo Millot.
- 64': Substitution, Al Ahli. Zakaria Hawsawi replaces Mohammed Abdulrahman because of an injury.
- 64': Substitution, Al Ahli. Matheus Gonçalves replaces Riyad Mahrez.
- 67': Attempt missed. Saleh Abu Al Shamat (Al Ahli) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Fahad Al Rashidi.
- 67': Delay in match because of an injury Cho Yu-Min (Sharjah).
- 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 69': Substitution, Sharjah. Maro Katinic replaces Cho Yu-Min because of an injury.
- 70': Substitution, Sharjah. Ousmane Camara replaces Rey Manaj.
- 71': Attempt missed. Ziyad Al Johani (Al Ahli) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Zakaria Hawsawi.
- 75': Delay in match (Al Ahli).
- 76': Substitution, Al Ahli. Ivan Toney replaces Fahad Al Rashidi.
- 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 78': Foul by Ziyad Al Johani (Al Ahli).
- 78': Igor Coronado (Sharjah) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 81': Goal! Al Ahli 0, Sharjah 1. Ousmane Camara (Sharjah) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luanzinho with a through ball following a fast break.
- 83': Corner, Al Ahli. Conceded by Maro Katinic.
- 83': Substitution, Al Ahli. Franck Kessie replaces Saleh Abu Al Shamat.
- 83': Attempt missed. Ziyad Al Johani (Al Ahli) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matheus Gonçalves with a cross following a corner.
- 83': Attempt saved. Feras Al Brikan (Al Ahli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Adel Al Hosani (Sharjah).
- 83': Corner, Al Ahli. Conceded by Shaheen Abdalla.
- 85': Foul by Igor Coronado (Sharjah).
- 85': Ivan Toney (Al Ahli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Matheus Gonçalves (Al Ahli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 86': Attempt missed. Ivan Toney (Al Ahli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Feras Al Brikan with a headed pass.
- 86': Attempt missed. Galeno (Al Ahli) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ziyad Al Johani following a fast break.
- 88': Attempt missed. Zakaria Hawsawi (Al Ahli) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 90': Offside, Al Ahli. Feras Al Brikan is caught offside.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Édouard Mendy (Al Ahli) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+4': Substitution, Sharjah. Vladimir Prijovic replaces Khaled Ebraheim.
- 90'+6': Foul by Ousmane Camara (Sharjah).
- 90'+6': Mohammed Sulaiman (Al Ahli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+9': Corner, Al Ahli. Conceded by Vladimir Prijovic.
- 90'+10': Attempt missed. Matteo Dams (Al Ahli) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 90'+11': Offside, Al Ahli. Franck Kessie is caught offside.
- 90'+11': Second Half ends, Al Ahli 0, Sharjah 1.
- 0': Match ends, Al Ahli 0, Sharjah 1.
Statistics
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|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 10 |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 3 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 2 | Saves | 1 |
| 38.9 | Possession | 61.1 |
| 7 | SHOTS | 12 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 2 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 184 | Accurate Passes | 332 |
| 270 | Passes | 419 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 8 | Crosses | 20 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 57 | Long Balls | 60 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 32 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 16 | Effective Tackles | 18 |
| 23 | Tackles | 24 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 13 |
| 40 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
| 40 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Competition: AFC Champions League Elite
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City
Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Attendance: 18,117
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City
Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Attendance: 18,117
AFC Champions League Elite Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Hilal | 8 | +11 | 22 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 8 | +12 | 17 |
| 3 | Traktor Sazi FC | 8 | +8 | 17 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 8 | +13 | 15 |
Line-Ups
Al Ahli (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi (GK) |
| 3 | Roger Ibañez |
| 5 | Mohammed Sulaiman |
| 30 | Ziyad Al-Johani |
| 32 | Matteo Dams |
| 29 | Mohammed Yousef |
| 19 | Fahad Alrashidi |
| 10 | Enzo Millot |
| 47 | Saleh Abu Al-Shamat |
| 7 | Riyad Mahrez |
| 9 | Feras Al-Brikan |
Sharjah (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 40 | Adel Al-Hosani (GK) |
| 20 | Cho Yu-Min |
| 4 | Shahin Abdulrahman |
| 22 | Marcus Meloni |
| 19 | Khaled Ebraheim |
| 6 | Majid Surour Salim |
| 24 | Majid Rashid Al-Mehrzi |
| 11 | Luan Pereira |
| 27 | Biro |
| 10 | Mohamed Ben Larbi |
| 9 | Rey Manaj |
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