Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Havadar & Persepolis face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hazfi Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Havadar form and stats
Havadar was eliminated in the round of 32 last season in the Hazfi Cup.Havadar's results here at Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium in the Persian Gulf Pro League have been very modest with 2 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats.
The Havadar regulars got no joy from their last fixture, a Hazfi Cup duel also played here at Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium: A 1-3 defeat against Persepolis.
Before that, Havadar played out a Persian Gulf Pro League draw 3-3 when visiting Zob Ahan.No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Havadar had similar winning odds as today, and found 4 games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 1 and lost 3. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Havadar lost 2 similar games by at least two goals.
Havadar have scored {9 league goals} here from 15 matches, not a lot.
Persepolis form and stats
Persepolis was sent out of Hazfi Cup in the quarter-finals last season.Persepolis's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Persepolis collect 36 points from their 15 away matches in the Persian Gulf Pro League. 11 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
The Persepolis goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 387 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two away games in a row for Persepolis, whose boss Golmohammadi could celebrate last time after the Hazfi Cup win against Havadar.
Preceding that game was the away Persian Gulf Pro League victory against Nassaji Mazandaran with the score of 4-0.Persepolis has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 15 games. It's not easy to score on Persepolis as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date registered result involving both these participants is the Havadar - Persepolis 1-3 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Havadar one win, two draws and Persepolis two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Torabi 7 goals |  G. Gvelesiani 6 goals |  S. Sadeghi 6 goals |
Havadar missing players
Persepolis missing players
| Havadar | Persepolis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 10 | 18 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 21 | 7 | Scored | S | 26 | 48 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 10 | 16 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 20% | ||
| 1.9 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.1 | 3 | ||
| 2.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.5 | 5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 59% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 144% | 68% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 1.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Persepolis | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 33 | 66 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 49 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 32 | 65 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 30 | 62 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 52 |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 47 |
| 6 | Gol Gohar | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 45 |
| 7 | Aluminium Arak | 30 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | Foolad | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 36 |
| 10 | Havadar | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -10 | 33 |
| 11 | Paykan | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 28 |
| 12 | Malavan | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -19 | 27 |
| 13 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 28 | -18 | 26 |
| 14 | Sanat Naft | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 25 |
| 15 | Mes Kerman | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 37 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 18 | -14 | 22 |
| 16 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 33 | -37 | 20 |
