Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Mes Rafsanjan & Zob Ahan face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hazfi Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both contenders have had sufficient rest since their previous match. Let's have faith in that this will be an active game!
Mes Rafsanjan form and stats
Last season their Hazfi Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Mes Rafsanjan have collected 13 points from their Persian Gulf Pro League home games so far after 3-4-0.
Rafsanjan are confident in defense, having played 611 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Mes Rafsanjan regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Paykan and win 2-0.
A 0-0 draw away in the Persian Gulf Pro League before that, with Esteghlal the opponent.Mes Rafsanjan have scored {5 league goals} here from 7 matches, not a lot. As for guarding their own goal, Mes Rafsanjan have only let in {1 goals} at home.
Zob Ahan form and stats
Ahan was sent out of Hazfi Cup in the round of 16 last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Zob Ahan so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-2 (win-draw-lose).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Zob Ahan, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Havadar.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Sanat Naft in the Persian Gulf Pro League.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Zob Ahan's away games in the league this season with only {3 goals} from 7 matches. It's not easy to score on Ahan as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Mes Rafsanjan-Zob Ahan H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Mes Rafsanjan three wins, Zob Ahan one win, one draw. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Torkmaan 2 goals |  L. Pereira Mendes 2 goals |  A. Ghasemi 2 goals |
Mes Rafsanjan missing players
Zob Ahan missing players
| Mes Rafsanjan | Zob Ahan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 9 | 24 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 17 | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 44% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5.6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 2 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.4 | 0.8 | ||
| 26% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 123% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 0.9 | ||
| 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 |
