National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Esteghlal Mollasani or Mes Kerman that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Esteghlal Mollasani form and stats
Last season, Esteghlal's Hazfi Cup journey ended in the round of 32.When playing at home in the Azadegan League, Esteghlal Mollasani have managed 2 wins, 10 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 12 games.
Esteghlal Mollasani are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Esteghlal Mollasani last time playing, versus Chadormalu SC. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.
A 0-0 draw away in the Azadegan League before that, with Caspian Qazvin the opponent.Esteghlal has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Esteghlal Mollasani have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mes Kerman form and stats
Mes Kerman was sent out of Hazfi Cup in the semi-finals last season.Mes Kerman have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Persian Gulf Pro League, after 0-3-7 (10 played).
Kerman won their last game, 2-1 versus Nassaji Mazandaran played at home. Which player has scored three games in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Rostami and that is quite the accomplishment!
Before that, Mes Kerman travelled to Gol Gohar and returned home with a draw after the Persian Gulf Pro League game finished 1-1.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Kerman's away games in the league this season with only {3 goals} from 10 matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Mes Kerman in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - two - one (Esteghlal wins - draws - Mes Kerman wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Esteghlal Mollasani missing players
Mes Kerman missing players
| Esteghlal Mollasani | Mes Kerman | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 26 | 17 | Scored | S | 7 | 23 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 69% | 52% | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.3 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.9 | 2.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 67% | ||
| 7.9 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 45 |
| 2 | Saipa | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 34 |
| 3 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 21 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 21 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | Fajr Sepasi | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 31 |
| 7 | Van Pars Isfahan | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Chadormalu SC | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 9 | Mes Shahr-e Babak | 21 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Esteghlal Mollasani | 21 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Shahrdari Hamedan | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 24 |
| 12 | Darya Babol | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 21 |
| 13 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -11 | 21 |
| 14 | Shahrdari Astara | 21 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 20 |
| 15 | Arman Gohar | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 19 |
| 16 | Chooka Talesh | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -16 | 13 |
| 17 | Khalij Fars | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 13 |
| 18 | Omid Vahdat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sepahan | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 42 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 39 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 39 |
| 4 | Gol Gohar | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 6 | Aluminium Arak | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Mes Rafsanjan | 20 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
| 8 | Havadar | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Foolad | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -5 | 22 |
| 11 | Malavan | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 22 |
| 12 | Paykan | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 21 |
| 13 | Zob Ahan | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 14 | Mes Kerman | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 15 | Sanat Naft | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -27 | 12 |
