Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Malavan & Naft Masjed Soleyman face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hazfi Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Malavan form and stats
Malavan was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Hazfi Cup.Malavan have collected 11 points from their Persian Gulf Pro League home games so far after 3-2-2.
The Malavan goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 405 minutes without conceding a goal in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
The Malavan followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Naft Masjed Soleyman and win 1-0.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Mes Kerman that finished 0-0.Malavan has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches.
Naft Masjed Soleyman form and stats
Naft Masjed Soleyman's mission in Hazfi Cup last season failed in the round of 16.Naft Masjed Soleyman have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Persian Gulf Pro League, after 1-1-5 (7 played).
Naft Masjed Soleyman are looking to quickly end their 292 minutes long goal drought in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Soleyman, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Malavan.
The game before that, in the Persian Gulf Pro League, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Aluminium Arak.The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Naft Masjed Soleyman's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 19 goals in 7 travels.
Head 2 Head
Malavan have avoided a loss in the last 6 games (2-4-0) versus Naft Masjed Soleyman.Top Goalscorers
  S. Bazgir 4 goals |  P. Ranjbari 3 goals | R. Dehghani 3 goals |
Malavan missing players
Naft Masjed Soleyman missing players
| Malavan | Naft Masjed Soleyman | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 20 | 13 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Conceded | C | 21 | 43 | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 48% | ||
| 1.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 1.6 | ||
| 0.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2 | ||
| 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | ||
| 4.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.6 | 4 | ||
| 2.1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 32 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Gol Gohar | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Esteghlal | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Tractor Sazi | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Foolad | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -2 | 20 |
| 9 | Aluminium Arak | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Zob Ahan | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 11 | Havadar | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 17 |
| 12 | Paykan | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | Malavan | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Mes Kerman | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 15 | Sanat Naft | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 10 |
| 16 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -23 | 9 |
