This match has been long awaited by supporters of both contenders, as it's the premier Persian Gulf Pro League fixture of the season. Both Esteghlal Khuzestan and Caspian Qazvin are ready for a positive start to their league season.
Esteghlal Khuzestan form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Esteghlal Khuzestan as they were promoted from Azadegan League last season. Happy days that were secured through 14 wins, 15 draws and 3 losses from 32 games. The team scored 25 goals at home last season and conceded 3. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
Caspian Qazvin form and stats
A job perfectly done for Caspian last season as they secured promotion from Azadegan League. With a grand total of 21 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 7 were in away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Esteghlal Khuzestan victory, one draw and two Caspian Qazvin wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Esteghlal Khuzestan missing players
Caspian Qazvin missing players
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Caspian Qazvin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Last season | Caspian Qazvin | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 21 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 47 | 25 | Scored | S | 23 | 67 | ||
| 21 | 3 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 78% | 62% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 81% | 88% | ||
| 59% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 81% | ||
| 31% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 72% | ||
| 22% | 19% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 34% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 9% | ||
| 38% | 19% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 81% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 41% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.6 | 2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.1 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 14.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 6.7 | ||
| 56% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 35% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 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 | Sanat Naft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Zob Ahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Persepolis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Sepahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Paykan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Esteghlal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Foolad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Gol Gohar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Mes Rafsanjan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Aluminium Arak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Malavan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Havadar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Caspian Qazvin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| Last season | 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 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 67 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 43 | 70 |
| 2 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 32 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 26 | 57 |
| 3 | Saipa | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 55 |
| 4 | Fajr Sepasi | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 53 |
| 5 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 32 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 52 |
| 6 | Mes Shahr-e Babak | 32 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 45 |
| 7 | Van Pars Isfahan | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 45 |
| 8 | Chadormalu SC | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 45 |
| 9 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -5 | 43 |
| 10 | Darya Babol | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 11 | Esteghlal Mollasani | 32 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -15 | 37 |
| 12 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -7 | 35 |
| 13 | Arman Gohar | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 25 | -17 | 31 |
| 14 | Shahrdari Astara | 32 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 20 | -13 | 30 |
| 15 | Shahrdari Hamedan | 32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -13 | 29 |
| 16 | Khalij Fars | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 23 | -21 | 29 |
| 17 | Chooka Talesh | 32 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 55 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 37 | -26 | 22 |
| 18 | Omid Vahdat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |