National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Paykan or Esteghlal Khuzestan that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Esteghlal Khuzestan, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Both contenders have had plentiful rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's trust this will be an enthusiastic game!
Paykan form and stats
Last season their Hazfi Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.2 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Paykan have to build on here at Enghelab Stadium in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
In their previous game, the manager Hoseini led his Paykan to a defeat away at Mes Rafsanjan. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Enghelab Stadium.
Previous to that game, a Persian Gulf Pro League home match hosting Sepahan in a game that was won 1-0.The lack of attacking qualities in Paykan means that they have only scored {3 goals} in 7 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Defensively Paykan have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Esteghlal Khuzestan form and stats
2-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Esteghlal Khuzestan in their Azadegan League matches away.
The Esteghlal Khuzestan goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 274 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Esteghlal play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Arman Gohar.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Khooshe Talaee Saveh.Esteghlal Khuzestan find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Esteghlal Khuzestan in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Paykan victories, three draws and one Esteghlal Khuzestan win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Bagheri 2 goals | D. Jahanbakhsh 2 goals | S. Fallah 1 goals |
Paykan missing players
Esteghlal Khuzestan missing players
| Paykan | Esteghlal Khuzestan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 18 | 23 | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 48% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 56% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 14% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | ||
| 6.1 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Saipa | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 29 |
| 3 | Fajr Sepasi | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 4 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 26 |
| 5 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Mes Shahr-e Babak | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 24 |
| 8 | Shahrdari Hamedan | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Qashqai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Esteghlal Mollasani | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Van Pars Isfahan | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Chadormalu SC | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 18 |
| 13 | Shahrdari Astara | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Darya Babol | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | Arman Gohar | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 16 |
| 16 | Khalij Fars | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -15 | 8 |
| 17 | Chooka Talesh | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 6 |
| 18 | Omid Vahdat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Shahin Bandar Ameri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Padideh Khorasan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
