Saipa and Shahrdari Astara have delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf term. Both reside in mid-table positions in the Azadegan League.
- Saipa have the most points from losing position (11) in Azadegan League
- Shahrdari Astara have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Azadegan League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Saipa form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 11 Azadegan League games here at Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium for Saipa. The data says 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.
The Saipa manager Akhbari and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Khooshe Talaee Saveh (placed 8th).
Before that game, the home loss against Mes Shahr-e Babak with the scoreline 0-2.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 Saipa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won five times, drawn four and lost one.
The Saipa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. Saipa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches.
Shahrdari Astara form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Shahrdari Astara so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-6 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Shahrdari have lost on their last two travels.
Shahrdari Astara played 0-0 against Esteghlal Mollasani in their previous match.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Malavan's place.Shahrdari Astara are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of four matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Shahrdari as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Shahrdari Astara in these games.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the participants met previously this season; Shahrdari Astara - Saipa 0-0.Saipa missing players
Shahrdari Astara missing players
| Saipa | Shahrdari Astara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 26 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 26 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 17 |
| 79% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 79% |
| 71% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 58% | 42% |
| 46% | 55% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 17% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 54% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 29% |
| 25% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 50% |
| 42% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.3 | 5.4 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 65% | 65% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 25% |
| 3.8 | 4 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.8 | 9.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 5.1 |
- Saipa have created more than twice as many corners as Shahrdari Astara.
- Saipa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Saipa have the most points from losing position (11) in Azadegan League
- Shahrdari Astara have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Shahrdari Astara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shahrdari Astara have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Azadegan League
| 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 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 53 |
| 2 | Mes Kerman | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 50 |
| 3 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 42 |
| 4 | Arman Gohar | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 42 |
| 5 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 36 |
| 6 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 35 |
| 7 | Shahrdari Astara | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 34 |
| 8 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Mes Shahr-e Babak | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Shahrdari Hamedan | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 30 |
| 11 | Saipa | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 30 |
| 12 | Qashqai | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 13 | FC Vista Turbine | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 14 | Caspian Qazvin | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 26 |
| 15 | Esteghlal Mollasani | 24 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 24 |
| 16 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 24 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 21 |
| 17 | Shahin Bushehr | 24 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 22 | -32 | 11 |
| 18 | Machine Sazi | 24 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 34 | -33 | 10 |
