National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Havadar or Mes Rafsanjan that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both squads have had sufficient rest since their last game. Let's aim for an animated fixture!
Havadar form and stats
Last season their Hazfi Cup adventure ended in the round of 32.Havadar's struggle is real here at Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium with only 9 points collected from 10 Persian Gulf Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-5.
Havadar enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Persepolis's place. The match ended 1-0.
Preceding that match was the home Persian Gulf Pro League game against Tractor Sazi that was lost 0-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Havadar perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Havadar as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Havadar has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Havadar have scored {7 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. Havadar's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mes Rafsanjan form and stats
Rafsanjan was sent out of Hazfi Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mes Rafsanjan so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 1-7-2 (win-draw-lose).
Mes Rafsanjan won their last game, 2-0 versus Foolad played at home.
It was a Persian Gulf Pro League defeat before that one as the away game against Aluminium Arak wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mes Rafsanjan playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 4 Mes Rafsanjan wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rafsanjan as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - one - two (Havadar wins - draws - Mes Rafsanjan wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Pourghaz 4 goals | M. Mohammadi Marz Roudi 3 goals |  O. Latifi 3 goals |
Havadar missing players
Mes Rafsanjan missing players
| Havadar | Mes Rafsanjan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 8 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Scored | S | 10 | 20 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 44% | ||
| 2.5 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 23% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 26% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 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 | 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 |
