Possible nail-biting contest in Qashqai - Mes Shahr-e Babak game

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Competition: Iran Azadegan League
Competition: Tue 10.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hafezieh Stadium (22460 seats)

Qashqai hope to get a lot of fans in for this fixture even though the season has been strenuous so far with 34 points and a 13th position in the Azadegan League table. Opponents Mes Shahr-e Babak own 8th place with 38 pts.

Insights:
  • Qashqai have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Mes Shahr-e Babak have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Azadegan League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Qashqai form and stats

6-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Azadegan League numbers at home for Qashqai so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Hafezieh Stadium.

Qashqai lost their last game at Mes Kerman (placed 1st) after a 0-1 scoreline.

Ahead of that match, Qashqai won a home game hosting Esteghlal Khuzestan (1-0).

This is expected to be a close game, with Qashqai perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Qashqai as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Qashqai has won eight of these, drawn three and lost six.

Qashqai have scored 12 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Qashqai have conceded only 8 goals.

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Mes Shahr-e Babak form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mes Shahr-e Babak so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 2-8-4 (win-draw-lose). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Arman Gohar game have they lost an away game, meaning Shahr-e has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

There were no winners in Mes Shahr-e Babak's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Arman Gohar (placed 3rd).

A 1-1 draw at Esteghlal Mollasani's stadium before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Mes Shahr-e Babak as they have only managed to score 10 times from 14 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Shahr-e as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other before in this season, with the result Mes Shahr-e Babak - Qashqai 1-1 logged in the official records.

Qashqai missing players

Mes Shahr-e Babak missing players

Qashqai Mes Shahr-e Babak
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 4 14 28
9 6 1 Won W 0 2 8
7 3 2 Drew D 4 8 14
12 5 0 Lost L 0 4 6
21 12 2 Scored S 3 10 25
24 8 1 Conceded C 3 11 20
86% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 86%
46% 36% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 57% 54%
25% 21% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 7% 14%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 4%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
32% 21% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 46%
36% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 39%
46% 43% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 29%
 
1.8 0.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 1.6 1.3
2.7 2.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 2 1.7
1.3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
3 2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 2.5 2.8 2.3
1.1 1.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 1.4 1.2
33% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 57% 71%
 
6 1.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 5.6 4.7
2.5 0.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.6 2.2
Key stats in Azadegan League this season:
  • Mes Shahr-e Babak have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Azadegan League
  • Mes Shahr-e Babak have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Qashqai have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Qashqai have won significantly less corners at home than 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 Mes Kerman 28 16 10 2 34 8 15 10 5 0 22 2 13 6 5 2 12 6 26 58
2 Malavan 28 16 10 2 33 13 14 11 3 0 21 6 14 5 7 2 12 7 20 58
3 Arman Gohar 28 14 8 6 30 18 14 9 4 1 15 5 14 5 4 5 15 13 12 50
4 Kheybar Khorramabad 28 12 10 6 38 27 14 9 3 2 24 14 14 3 7 4 14 13 11 46
5 Pars Jam Bushehr 28 10 11 7 27 31 14 7 6 1 13 9 14 3 5 6 14 22 -4 41
6 Esteghlal Khuzestan 28 10 9 9 36 25 15 6 6 3 19 12 13 4 3 6 17 13 11 39
7 Khooshe Talaee Saveh 28 9 11 8 37 31 14 5 6 3 22 13 14 4 5 5 15 18 6 38
8 Mes Shahr-e Babak 28 8 14 6 25 20 14 6 6 2 15 9 14 2 8 4 10 11 5 38
9 Caspian Qazvin 28 9 9 10 30 31 14 7 2 5 19 17 14 2 7 5 11 14 -1 36
10 Shahrdari Astara 28 9 9 10 22 23 14 6 5 3 12 6 14 3 4 7 10 17 -1 36
11 Shahrdari Hamedan 28 7 14 7 22 19 14 4 8 2 13 9 14 3 6 5 9 10 3 35
12 Saipa 28 7 13 8 27 27 14 6 7 1 19 11 14 1 6 7 8 16 0 34
13 Qashqai 28 9 7 12 21 24 14 6 3 5 12 8 14 3 4 7 9 16 -3 34
14 FC Vista Turbine 28 7 11 10 24 28 14 4 8 2 16 10 14 3 3 8 8 18 -4 32
15 Esteghlal Mollasani 28 5 17 6 19 25 13 3 7 3 8 10 15 2 10 3 11 15 -6 32
16 Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol 28 6 13 9 28 29 14 5 6 3 19 12 14 1 7 6 9 17 -1 31
17 Machine Sazi 28 1 8 19 23 60 13 0 7 6 13 23 15 1 1 13 10 37 -37 11
18 Shahin Bushehr 28 1 8 19 10 47 14 1 4 9 7 21 14 0 4 10 3 26 -37 11