The home team, Esteghlal Khuzestan, should be the favourites in this fixture, but Saipa have proven both smartness and guts. Read more about the game!
- Esteghlal Khuzestan have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Saipa have yet to win a game away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Saipa, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Esteghlal Khuzestan form and stats
4 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Esteghlal Khuzestan have to build on here at Ahvāz Takhti in the Azadegan League.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Esteghlal Khuzestan, who played 0-0 against Mes Shahr-e Babak. That match was also played at this venue (Ahvāz Takhti).
A 2-2 draw away before that, with Khooshe Talaee Saveh the opponent.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Esteghlal handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, four draws and three defeats.
Esteghlal Khuzestan have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Saipa form and stats
Saipa have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Azadegan League, after 0-4-5 (9 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Saipa have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 18 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Esteghlal game.
Saipa are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Shahrdari Hamedan (placed 11th).
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol.Saipa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, five draws and three defeats. From a total of ten matches.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Saipa have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have met each other previously this season, with the match result Saipa - Esteghlal 1-1 registered in the official records. Esteghlal Khuzestan-Saipa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Esteghlal Khuzestan three wins, Saipa four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Esteghlal Khuzestan missing players
Saipa missing players
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Saipa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 5 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 19 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 17 |
| 88% | 78% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 76% |
| 65% | 56% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 56% | 65% |
| 41% | 33% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 41% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 47% | 22% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 53% |
| 35% | 56% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 29% | 44% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 56% | 41% |
| 3.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.7 | 9.8 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 3.1 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 41% | 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 87% |
| 4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
- Esteghlal Khuzestan have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Saipa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Saipa have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 39 |
| 2 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 33 |
| 3 | Mes Kerman | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Arman Gohar | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 7 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 26 |
| 8 | Mes Shahr-e Babak | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Qashqai | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Shahrdari Astara | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 21 |
| 11 | Shahrdari Hamedan | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| 12 | Saipa | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 13 | Esteghlal Mollasani | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 17 |
| 14 | Caspian Qazvin | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -5 | 16 |
| 15 | FC Vista Turbine | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 16 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 17 | Shahin Bushehr | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 19 | -21 | 8 |
| 18 | Machine Sazi | 17 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 26 | -26 | 5 |
