Persian Gulf Pro League duel: Close contest expected between Esteghlal and Sepahan

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Competition: Iran Persian Gulf Pro League
Competition: Fri 12.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Azadi Stadium (76807 seats)

It's a fresh start in Persian Gulf Pro League - the first fixture of the season. Read the full preview and see how Esteghlal and Sepahan did in their pre-season matches!

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Esteghlal form and stats

Esteghlal could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Persian Gulf Pro League. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Azadi Stadium they witnessed 10 victories, 5 draws and 0 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W19 - D11 - L0 from 30 games.

Before that beating this club had gone eight consecutive league games without a defeat.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Esteghlal have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 0.

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Sepahan form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sepahan performed last season in the Persian Gulf Pro League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 8 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 53 and conceded 24 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 25/15 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Esteghlal-Sepahan H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Esteghlal five wins, Sepahan three wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Esteghlal missing players

Sepahan missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Esteghlal Sepahan
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top 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 Last season Sepahan
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   1 1
19 10   Won W   0 0
11 5   Drew D   1 1
0 0   Lost L   0 0
39 13   Scored S   1 1
10 3   Conceded C   1 1
80% 67%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
50% 13%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 100%
27% 13%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   0% 0%
3% 7%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 0%
3% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
30% 13%   BTTS BTTS   100% 100%
70% 87%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
20% 33%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
3.9 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
2.5 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
3 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
7.7 8.2   Shots (avg) S (   0 0
3 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 0
46% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%
 
5.6 6.2   Shots against (avg) S A   0 0
1.9 1.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 0

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aluminium Arak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Esteghlal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Foolad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Gol Gohar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Havadar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Malavan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Mes Kerman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mes Rafsanjan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Naft Masjed Soleyman 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 Paykan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Persepolis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sanat Naft 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sepahan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Tractor Sazi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zob Ahan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 Esteghlal 30 19 11 0 39 10 15 10 5 0 13 3 15 9 6 0 26 7 29 68
2 Persepolis 30 17 10 3 40 21 15 11 3 1 23 10 15 6 7 2 17 11 19 61
3 Sepahan 30 16 8 6 43 21 15 8 5 2 20 7 15 8 3 4 23 14 22 56
4 Gol Gohar 30 13 12 5 37 28 15 7 5 3 23 18 15 6 7 2 14 10 9 51
5 Foolad 29 13 9 7 30 22 15 7 5 3 18 11 14 6 4 4 12 11 8 48
6 Mes Rafsanjan 30 12 9 9 39 28 15 6 5 4 19 13 15 6 4 5 20 15 11 45
7 Aluminium Arak 30 7 16 7 20 23 15 6 7 2 14 8 15 1 9 5 6 15 -3 37
8 Zob Ahan 30 10 7 13 21 25 15 4 4 7 10 13 15 6 3 6 11 12 -4 37
9 Paykan 30 7 15 8 26 27 15 2 6 7 10 16 15 5 9 1 16 11 -1 36
10 Havadar 29 8 10 11 18 22 15 4 7 4 8 9 14 4 3 7 10 13 -4 34
11 Nassaji Mazandaran 29 6 15 8 24 31 14 4 4 6 13 19 15 2 11 2 11 12 -7 33
12 Sanat Naft 29 8 9 12 23 30 14 5 4 5 13 13 15 3 5 7 10 17 -7 33
13 Tractor Sazi 29 6 11 12 23 29 15 6 4 5 17 14 14 0 7 7 6 15 -6 29
14 Naft Masjed Soleyman 30 3 13 14 14 35 15 1 7 7 9 19 15 2 6 7 5 16 -21 22
15 Fajr Sepasi 30 2 11 17 10 29 15 0 10 5 5 11 15 2 1 12 5 18 -19 17
16 Padideh Khorasan 29 2 10 17 17 43 14 0 7 7 7 18 15 2 3 10 10 25 -26 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aluminium Arak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Esteghlal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Foolad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Gol Gohar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Havadar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Malavan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Mes Kerman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mes Rafsanjan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Naft Masjed Soleyman 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 Paykan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Persepolis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sanat Naft 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sepahan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Tractor Sazi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zob Ahan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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