Esteghlal are pursuing the top table spots while Padideh Khorasan are more concerned with staying out of trouble and relegation. Who wins the prize?
- Esteghlal have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Padideh Khorasan have the most conceded goals (36) in Persian Gulf Pro League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Esteghlal and Padideh Khorasan should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Esteghlal form and stats
Esteghlal have been very solid at home in the Persian Gulf Pro League so far, with 30 points collected from 12 matches (9-3-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Esteghlal.
The home team returns to Azadi Stadium after drawing with Sepahan (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Esteghlal home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, zero matches were won by at least two goals.
Esteghlal have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Padideh Khorasan form and stats
Padideh Khorasan have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Persian Gulf Pro League, after 2-3-7 (12 played). Padideh Khorasan have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
Khorasan's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sanat Naft that finished 1-1.
Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to Gol Gohar.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Padideh Khorasan as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Khorasan struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Padideh Khorasan - Esteghlal 0-3 was the output when these contenders formerly played each other, some time ago this season. Previous ten meetings with these sides: Esteghlal won five, Padideh Khorasan were winners in two and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Yamga 10 goals |  A. Hosseinzadeh 5 goals | J. Salmani 4 goals |
Esteghlal missing players
Padideh Khorasan missing players
| Esteghlal | Padideh Khorasan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 34 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 19 | 36 |
| 84% | 75% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 52% | 17% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 28% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 32% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 32% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 68% | 83% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 16% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 52% |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7.7 | 7.9 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 2.8 | 4.7 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 49% | 35% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 26% |
| 5.7 | 6.6 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 4.6 | 6.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
- Esteghlal have not yet lost a game.
- Esteghlal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Esteghlal have scored more than double the goals of Padideh Khorasan.
- Esteghlal have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Esteghlal have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Esteghlal have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Esteghlal have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Esteghlal have the most clean sheets (17) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Esteghlal have the the best goal difference (+25) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Padideh Khorasan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Padideh Khorasan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Padideh Khorasan have the fewest clean sheets (2) away in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Padideh Khorasan have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Padideh Khorasan have the most conceded goals (19) away in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Padideh Khorasan have the most conceded goals (36) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Padideh Khorasan have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Padideh Khorasan have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Padideh Khorasan haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Esteghlal | 25 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 25 | 57 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 54 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 21 | 46 |
| 4 | Foolad | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 38 |
| 6 | Gol Gohar | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 36 |
| 7 | Paykan | 25 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 33 |
| 8 | Sanat Naft | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 32 |
| 9 | Zob Ahan | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 32 |
| 10 | Aluminium Arak | 25 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | Havadar | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 31 |
| 12 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 25 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 28 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 24 |
| 14 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -19 | 19 |
| 15 | Fajr Sepasi | 26 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 15 | -15 | 17 |
| 16 | Padideh Khorasan | 25 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -21 | 15 |
