Last week’s first leg draw followed their League Stage encounter, which had also ended 1-1.

Qatar champions Al Sadd are experiencing a blip on the continental stage after easily securing a Round of 16 spot, having drawn two and lost one of their last three matches.

Seeking to reach the quarter-finals for the sixth time in their history, Al Sadd will head into the tie on a high after defeating Al Shahania 5-0 on Friday to keep the pressure on Al Duhail SC in the race for the Qatar Stars League title.

The 2011 AFC Champions League™ winners will be confident of scoring at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, having netted in 11 consecutive matches on the continent and having not lost their last nine home matches against sides from the UAE.

Al Wasl, on the other hand, need to tighten up at the back with the UAE champions having not been able to keep a clean sheet in their last eight AFC Champions League Elite matches, conceding 13
goals.

They have, however, multiple sources for goals with nine different players having found the back of the net although Fabio Lima is the only one to have scored twice this season.