Azadegan League game preview and numbers: Darya Babol meet Saipa

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Competition: Iran Azadegan League
Competition: Wed 18.January
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Shohada Stadium (51000 seats)

Saipa go on their trip to Darya Babol and Shohada Stadium brimming with hope and confidence, but the host team is no pushover. More info on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Darya Babol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Saipa have the most clean sheets (5) away in Azadegan League

This could be an absorbing game with lots of action and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Darya Babol form and stats

The story so far in the Azadegan League for Darya Babol at their home stadium (Shohada Stadium) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Darya Babol.

Darya Babol are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 387 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Heydari). The Darya goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 306 minutes without conceding a goal in the Azadegan League.

The Darya Babol boss and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Shahrdari Hamedan in the Hazfi Cup.

Before that, Darya drew at home versus Chooka Talesh.

Trench warfare? In this club's last 12 league matches, 11 have produced two goals or less.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Darya Babol here at Shohada Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 9 games). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. As for guarding their own goal, Darya have only let in {4 goals} at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Saipa form and stats

Playing away, Saipa have won 2 games, drawn 5 and suffered 1 defeat in the Azadegan League this season.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Saipa goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 303 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Two away matches in a row for Saipa, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Sepahan in the Hazfi Cup.

A 0-0 draw at Esteghlal Mollasani's stadium before that.

A tale of few goals? 13 of this side's most recent 16 league matches have seen two goals or less.

Goals are few and far between in Saipa's away league games. Only {3 goals} from 8 travels. It's not easy to score on Saipa as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The sides have played each other before in this season, with the result Saipa - Darya Babol 2-0 entered in the official records.

Darya Babol missing players

Saipa missing players

Darya Babol Saipa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 4 Played P 3 8 16
4 2 1 Won W 2 2 8
7 5 1 Drew D 1 5 5
6 2 2 Lost L 0 1 3
13 6 4 Scored S 2 3 13
10 4 3 Conceded C 0 5 9
65% 56% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 50% 75%
35% 33% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 31%
18% 22% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 19%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 12%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
12% 22% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 12% 19%
59% 67% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 75% 62%
65% 56% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 62% 44%
 
4.3 4.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0.7 0.8 1.8
3.4 3.9 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 1.7 2.5 3.1
2.3 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.8 7.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 3 4.2 6.2
4.6 4.6 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.3 1.2 2.1
14% 14% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 200% 40% 32%
 
5.2 5.2 5.7 Shots against (avg) S A 5.3 8 6.4
2.5 2.5 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.3 3.5 2.3
Key stats in Azadegan League this season:
  • Darya Babol have created more than twice as many corners as Saipa.
  • Darya Babol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Saipa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Saipa have the most clean sheets (5) away in Azadegan League
  • Saipa have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Caspian Qazvin 16 10 4 2 35 13 8 8 0 0 27 5 8 2 4 2 8 8 22 34
2 Saipa 16 8 5 3 13 9 8 6 0 2 10 4 8 2 5 1 3 5 4 29
3 Fajr Sepasi 16 6 8 2 15 10 8 4 3 1 10 4 8 2 5 1 5 6 5 26
4 Pars Jam Bushehr 16 7 5 4 13 14 7 4 2 1 7 4 9 3 3 3 6 10 -1 26
5 Kheybar Khorramabad 16 5 10 1 16 7 8 2 6 0 8 2 8 3 4 1 8 5 9 25
6 Mes Shahr-e Babak 16 5 10 1 12 7 8 4 4 0 7 2 8 1 6 1 5 5 5 25
7 Esteghlal Khuzestan 16 5 9 2 22 11 8 3 5 0 11 1 8 2 4 2 11 10 11 24
8 Shahrdari Hamedan 16 5 6 5 10 7 8 5 2 1 8 1 8 0 4 4 2 6 3 21
8 Qashqai 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Esteghlal Mollasani 16 4 9 3 13 14 9 1 8 0 8 6 7 3 1 3 5 8 -1 21
10 Van Pars Isfahan 16 5 5 6 14 15 7 2 4 1 8 6 9 3 1 5 6 9 -1 20
11 Khooshe Talaee Saveh 16 4 6 6 10 14 8 2 3 3 4 4 8 2 3 3 6 10 -4 18
12 Chadormalu SC 16 4 6 6 10 15 7 2 2 3 5 7 9 2 4 3 5 8 -5 18
13 Shahrdari Astara 16 3 8 5 6 10 7 3 3 1 4 2 9 0 5 4 2 8 -4 17
14 Darya Babol 16 3 7 6 7 10 9 2 5 2 6 4 7 1 2 4 1 6 -3 16
15 Arman Gohar 16 3 7 6 15 21 9 2 4 3 10 13 7 1 3 3 5 8 -6 16
16 Khalij Fars 16 1 5 10 5 20 9 1 3 5 3 10 7 0 2 5 2 10 -15 8
17 Chooka Talesh 16 0 6 10 9 28 8 0 4 4 5 9 8 0 2 6 4 19 -19 6
18 Omid Vahdat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Shahin Bandar Ameri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Padideh Khorasan 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0