Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sepahan & Saipa 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.
Sepahan form and stats
Last season their Hazfi Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.Sepahan are steadily winning Persian Gulf Pro League games and points here at Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
A nice win for Sepahan last time playing, versus Mes Kerman. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Moghanlou and Hosseinabad scoring for the victors.
A Persian Gulf Pro League defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Paykan.The Sepahan fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Sepahan have conceded only 4 goals.
Saipa form and stats
They also participated in Hazfi Cup last season. This ended in the 16th finals.The visitors are W2-D5-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Azadegan League.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Saipa goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 303 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Saipa are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Esteghlal Mollasani.
Before that, Saipa secured a home win against Shahrdari Hamedan with the score 1-0.Saipa are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 8 away games. Saipa are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Sepahan have not lost in the last 11 fixtures (5-6-0) facing Saipa.Top Goalscorers
  S. Moghanlou 4 goals |  R. Rezaeian 3 goals | O. Noorafkan 2 goals |
Sepahan missing players
Saipa missing players
| Sepahan | Saipa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | ||
| 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 11 | 18 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 48% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.8 | 7.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 71% | 188% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.4 | 6.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 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 |
