{"id":27992,"date":"2017-05-08T11:36:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T18:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=27992"},"modified":"2017-05-08T11:36:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T18:36:19","slug":"acl-md6-group-b-esteghlal-khouzestan-vs-al-jazira-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2017\/05\/08\/acl-md6-group-b-esteghlal-khouzestan-vs-al-jazira-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"ACL MD6 &#8211; Group B: Esteghlal Khouzestan vs. Al Jazira [PREVIEW]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AFC &#8211; AHVAZ, <strong>Tournament debutants Esteghlal Khouzestan require a point against Group B\u2019s bottom side Al Jazira on Tuesday to qualify for the last 16 of the 2017 AFC Champions League at the first time of asking.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After winning their opening two games on the continent, the Iranian side have drawn two and lost one ahead of the fixture at Ghadir Stadium. But a two-point lead over third-placed Al Fateh, coupled with a better head-to-head record, means a draw against already eliminated Al Jazira will suffice.<\/p>\n<p>Salman Bahrani\u2019s stoppage-time equaliser against Al Fateh in a 1-1 draw two weeks ago has left the hosts\u2019 qualification prospects in their own hands and they warmed up for the clash with a 2-1 victory over Saba Qom in the Iranian Pro League on Thursday, although Farshad Salarvand sits out through suspension.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors\u2019 form on the continent has been woeful, in stark contrast to a domestic campaign that saw them wrap up the UAE League with several games to spare. Two wins from two domestically since their last Group B game means the Emirati team go into the tie on form, but both Yaqoub Al Hosani and Fares Juma are suspended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFC &#8211; AHVAZ, Tournament debutants Esteghlal Khouzestan require a point against Group B\u2019s bottom side&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":27993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,84,136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c17-asian-competitions","category-c47-featured-news","category-iran-first-division"],"views":3548,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}