Football betting preview: Esteghlal Khuzestan favourites when Shahrdari Astara arrive

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Competition: Iran Azadegan League
Competition: Fri 10.March
Match begins: 11:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ahvāz Takhti (51000 seats)

A home win is predicted from this game if the league table is to be believed. The Esteghlal Khuzestan supporters are hoping that the gap between 5th and Shahrdari Astara's 15th position in the table will be revealed on the playing field.

Insights:
  • Esteghlal Khuzestan have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Azadegan League
  • Shahrdari Astara have yet to win a game away.

Both sides have had plentiful rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an enthusiastic match!

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Esteghlal Khuzestan form and stats

4 victories, 7 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Esteghlal Khuzestan have to build on here at Ahvāz Takhti in the Azadegan League. days ago.

Esteghlal Khuzestan shared the glory with Saipa in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.

In the match before that, Esteghlal Khuzestan hosted Kheybar Khorramabad and drew the game 0-0.

Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 11 league matches, 10 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

The Esteghlal fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. Esteghlal Khuzestan have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Shahrdari Astara form and stats

There's been little loot from Shahrdari Astara's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 12 away games in the Azadegan League. Shahrdari Astara only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 6 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Shahrdari have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone twelve consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Shahrdari Astara have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 208 minutes ago. Haghdeh was the goal scorer.

Shahrdari Astara delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Caspian Qazvin (placed 1st) in their previous fixture.

Prior to that match, the Shahrdari manager faced defeat when travelling to Chooka Talesh and losing 0-3.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Shahrdari Astara played away with similar odds. This revealed 7 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 6 times.

Low on goals? 14 of this club's last 16 league rounds have had two goals or less.

Shahrdari Astara are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 12 away games. 14 goals have been conceded by Shahrdari Astara in these games.

Head 2 Head

Shahrdari Astara - Esteghlal 0-0 was the result in these teams' last head to head game, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - one - two (Esteghlal Khuzestan wins - draws - Shahrdari Astara wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Esteghlal Khuzestan missing players

Shahrdari Astara missing players

Esteghlal Khuzestan Shahrdari Astara
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 5 12 23
7 4 2 Won W 0 0 3
14 7 0 Drew D 3 6 12
2 0 0 Lost L 2 6 8
29 13 8 Scored S 2 3 9
16 2 0 Conceded C 5 14 20
70% 45% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 67% 65%
52% 36% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 50% 39%
26% 18% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 17% 13%
22% 18% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 8% 9%
13% 9% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
39% 18% 0% BTTS BTTS 40% 25% 22%
57% 82% 100% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 48%
35% 55% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 75% 65%
 
3.5 2.6 0.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 2.7 2.9
3.3 2.7 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 3.3 2.4
2 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.7 1.6
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.2 9.1 14 Shots (avg) S ( 6 3.7 5
3.3 3.2 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 1.7 2
40% 42% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 22%
 
7.5 6.9 6 Shots against (avg) S A 14 7.8 6.3
3.6 2.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 3 2.3
Key stats in Azadegan League this season:
  • Esteghlal Khuzestan have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Esteghlal Khuzestan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Esteghlal Khuzestan have scored more than double the goals of Shahrdari Astara.
  • Esteghlal Khuzestan have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Azadegan League
  • Esteghlal Khuzestan have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Shahrdari Astara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Shahrdari Astara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shahrdari Astara 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 Caspian Qazvin 23 14 7 2 47 16 11 9 2 0 31 7 12 5 5 2 16 9 31 49
2 Saipa 23 10 8 5 20 15 12 8 2 2 17 8 11 2 6 3 3 7 5 38
3 Kheybar Khorramabad 23 8 13 2 20 8 12 4 7 1 11 3 11 4 6 1 9 5 12 37
4 Fajr Sepasi 23 9 9 5 22 18 12 7 4 1 15 6 11 2 5 4 7 12 4 36
5 Esteghlal Khuzestan 23 7 14 2 29 16 11 4 7 0 13 2 12 3 7 2 16 14 13 35
6 Chadormalu SC 23 9 7 7 21 20 10 4 3 3 11 10 13 5 4 4 10 10 1 34
7 Pars Jam Bushehr 23 8 9 6 16 19 11 5 4 2 9 6 12 3 5 4 7 13 -3 33
8 Mes Shahr-e Babak 23 6 13 4 15 11 12 5 6 1 10 4 11 1 7 3 5 7 4 31
9 Van Pars Isfahan 23 8 7 8 21 19 10 4 5 1 13 6 13 4 2 7 8 13 2 31
10 Esteghlal Mollasani 22 5 13 4 19 21 12 2 10 0 13 10 10 3 3 4 6 11 -2 28
11 Shahrdari Hamedan 22 6 6 10 12 17 12 6 2 4 10 7 10 0 4 6 2 10 -5 24
12 Darya Babol 22 4 11 7 11 14 12 3 7 2 9 6 10 1 4 5 2 8 -3 23
13 Arman Gohar 22 5 7 10 21 29 11 3 4 4 13 15 11 2 3 6 8 14 -8 22
14 Khooshe Talaee Saveh 22 5 7 10 14 25 11 3 3 5 5 8 11 2 4 5 9 17 -11 22
15 Shahrdari Astara 23 3 12 8 9 20 11 3 6 2 6 6 12 0 6 6 3 14 -11 21
16 Khalij Fars 22 3 8 11 11 25 11 3 3 5 6 11 11 0 5 6 5 14 -14 17
17 Chooka Talesh 22 3 7 12 20 35 11 3 4 4 12 9 11 0 3 8 8 26 -15 16
18 Omid Vahdat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0