More points have been won by Esteghlal Khuzestan so far this season, with their 4th position in the Azadegan League table and anticipating the visit of Pars Jam Bushehr (who are in 9th).
- Esteghlal Khuzestan is in the best form (4-2-0) in Azadegan League
- Pars Jam Bushehr have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This has all the signs of an exciting game with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Esteghlal Khuzestan form and stats
Esteghlal Khuzestan are steadily winning Azadegan League games and points here at Ahvāz Takhti. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. Esteghlal are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Esteghlal Khuzestan are returning here after visiting Mes Kerman and winning with a 0-1 scoreline. Esteghlal Khuzestan shared the glory with Mes Kerman in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-1. The followers are hoping that Esteghlal Khuzestan will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Mes Kerman (placed 2nd).
Before that, Esteghlal had a home game versus Shahrdari Astara which ended with a victory 2-1. In the match before that, Esteghlal Khuzestan hosted Shahrdari Astara and drew the game 2-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Shahrdari Astara (2-1).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Esteghlal Khuzestan have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won one time, drawn four and lost three.
Esteghlal Khuzestan has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Esteghlal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ahvāz Takhti in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.
Pars Jam Bushehr form and stats
Pars Jam Bushehr have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Azadegan League, after 1-3-3 (7 played).
There were no winners in Pars Jam Bushehr's previous match, the home game that ended 1-0 vs FC Vista Turbine (placed 13th). This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus FC Vista Turbine with 1-0 on the scoreboard. Pars Jam Bushehr won their last game, 1-0 versus FC Vista Turbine played at home.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Qashqai. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Qashqai that ended 2-1. A 2-1 defeat away at Qashqai before that.Bushehr are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and five defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
Pars Jam Bushehr find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Bushehr rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between these contenders: Esteghlal Khuzestan won one, Pars Jam Bushehr triumphed in three and we saw two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Esteghlal Khuzestan missing players
Pars Jam Bushehr missing players
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Pars Jam Bushehr | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 71% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 57% |
| 43% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 50% | 29% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 50% |
| 36% | 57% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 43% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 3.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 2.1 | 3.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.5 | 10 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 4 | 4 |
| 3.1 | 5.4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 45% | 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 60% | 60% |
| 4 | 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 7 | 7 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
- Esteghlal Khuzestan have created more than twice as many corners as Pars Jam Bushehr.
- Esteghlal Khuzestan have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Esteghlal Khuzestan is in the best form (4-2-0) in Azadegan League
- Pars Jam Bushehr have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Malavan | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 30 |
| 2 | Mes Kerman | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Arman Gohar | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 7 | Mes Shahr-e Babak | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Qashqai | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Shahrdari Hamedan | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 11 | Shahrdari Astara | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Saipa | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | FC Vista Turbine | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Caspian Qazvin | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Esteghlal Mollasani | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Shahin Bushehr | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 16 | -19 | 5 |
| 18 | Machine Sazi | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -21 | 4 |
