Persian Gulf Pro League preview and data: Foolad - Naft Masjed Soleyman at Shohadaye Foolad Khoozestan

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Competition: Iran Persian Gulf Pro League
Competition: Mon 24.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Shohadaye Foolad Khoozestan

Persian Gulf Pro League: What this match might miss in glitz it should pay back in guts and enthusiasm. Bring on Foolad - Naft Masjed Soleyman!

Insights:
  • Foolad have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have the most conceded goals (56) in Persian Gulf Pro League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Foolad form and stats

Foolad have played 14 Persian Gulf Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-6-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Foolad bring valid hopes of a third.

A nice win for Foolad last time playing, versus Naft Masjed Soleyman. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.

2-2 away at Gol Gohar before that.

Foolad are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 7, drew 0 and lost 0.

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 14 most recent league fixtures reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Foolad here at Shohadaye Foolad Khoozestan in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 14 games). From these home matches, Foolad have conceded only 9 goals.

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Naft Masjed Soleyman form and stats

There's been little loot from Naft Masjed Soleyman's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 14 away games in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Naft Masjed Soleyman only have 1 win to counter their 11 defeats and 2 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.

Naft Masjed Soleyman lost away at Foolad (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Zob Ahan.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Naft Masjed Soleyman played away with similar odds. This revealed 7 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 6 times.

Look out: 12 of the latest 15 league fixtures featuring this side have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

Goals are few and far between in Soleyman's away league games. Only {7 goals} from 14 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Naft Masjed Soleyman have conceded 33 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Foolad have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (4-1-0) when playing Naft Masjed Soleyman.

Here's the end result when the participants met earlier this season; Foolad - Naft Masjed Soleyman 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

Naft Masjed SoleymanP. Ranjbari
P. Ranjbari
5 goals
FooladS. Ansari
S. Ansari
3 goals
FooladM. Aliyari
M. Aliyari
3 goals

Foolad missing players

Naft Masjed Soleyman missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Foolad Naft Masjed Soleyman
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 5 Played P 3 14 27
9 5 2 Won W 0 1 3
11 6 3 Drew D 1 2 7
7 3 0 Lost L 2 11 17
25 11 4 Scored S 2 7 17
22 9 1 Conceded C 7 33 56
78% 71% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 81%
52% 43% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 63%
22% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 57% 56%
15% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 43% 41%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 22%
37% 29% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 36% 41%
48% 57% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 22%
37% 43% 40% Failed to Score F T 33% 64% 56%
 
2.9 3.8 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0.3 3.7 2.9
1.7 1.8 1.2 Corners against (avg) C A 1 2.6 2.5
1.5 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.3 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
5.4 6.5 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 2.3 6.3 4.3
1.4 1.4 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 2.5 1.9
70% 61% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 23% 32%
 
5 5.1 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 3 6.8 4.8
1.6 1.1 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.3 3.8 2.6
Key stats in Persian Gulf Pro League this season:
  • Foolad have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Foolad have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Persian Gulf Pro League
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have the most conceded goals (33) away in Persian Gulf Pro League
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have the most conceded goals (56) in Persian Gulf Pro League
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Persian Gulf Pro League
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have the most conceded goals in the second half (34) in Persian Gulf Pro League
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have the the worst goal difference (-26) away in Persian Gulf Pro League
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have the the worst goal difference (-39) in Persian Gulf Pro League
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have won significantly more corners away than at home.

  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 27 17 6 4 37 13 14 8 3 3 17 4 13 9 3 1 20 9 24 57
2 Sepahan 27 16 8 3 40 16 14 10 3 1 27 9 13 6 5 2 13 7 24 56
3 Esteghlal 27 16 7 4 42 19 13 7 5 1 24 9 14 9 2 3 18 10 23 55
4 Tractor Sazi 27 13 7 7 37 26 14 6 6 2 15 10 13 7 1 5 22 16 11 46
5 Gol Gohar 27 12 9 6 40 30 13 6 4 3 20 15 14 6 5 3 20 15 10 45
6 Mes Rafsanjan 27 10 13 4 23 12 14 7 6 1 14 3 13 3 7 3 9 9 11 43
7 Foolad 27 9 11 7 25 22 14 5 6 3 11 9 13 4 5 4 14 13 3 38
8 Aluminium Arak 27 7 14 6 17 13 14 5 4 5 12 9 13 2 10 1 5 4 4 35
9 Zob Ahan 27 6 13 8 19 20 13 6 5 2 15 9 14 0 8 6 4 11 -1 31
10 Havadar 27 7 9 11 20 30 14 2 5 7 9 15 13 5 4 4 11 15 -10 30
11 Paykan 27 5 12 10 11 21 13 3 6 4 4 7 14 2 6 6 7 14 -10 27
12 Malavan 27 5 11 11 20 31 13 5 4 4 14 13 14 0 7 7 6 18 -11 26
13 Nassaji Mazandaran 27 5 10 12 25 38 13 4 6 3 16 11 14 1 4 9 9 27 -13 25
14 Mes Kerman 27 4 9 14 21 32 13 4 5 4 16 14 14 0 4 10 5 18 -11 21
15 Sanat Naft 27 4 8 15 19 34 14 2 4 8 12 17 13 2 4 7 7 17 -15 20
16 Naft Masjed Soleyman 27 3 7 17 17 56 13 2 5 6 10 23 14 1 2 11 7 33 -39 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 Persepolis 27 17 6 4 37 13 14 8 3 3 17 4 13 9 3 1 20 9 24 57
2 Sepahan 27 16 8 3 40 16 14 10 3 1 27 9 13 6 5 2 13 7 24 56
3 Esteghlal 27 16 7 4 42 19 13 7 5 1 24 9 14 9 2 3 18 10 23 55
4 Tractor Sazi 27 13 7 7 37 26 14 6 6 2 15 10 13 7 1 5 22 16 11 46
5 Gol Gohar 27 12 9 6 40 30 13 6 4 3 20 15 14 6 5 3 20 15 10 45
6 Mes Rafsanjan 27 10 13 4 23 12 14 7 6 1 14 3 13 3 7 3 9 9 11 43
7 Foolad 27 9 11 7 25 22 14 5 6 3 11 9 13 4 5 4 14 13 3 38
8 Aluminium Arak 27 7 14 6 17 13 14 5 4 5 12 9 13 2 10 1 5 4 4 35
9 Zob Ahan 27 6 13 8 19 20 13 6 5 2 15 9 14 0 8 6 4 11 -1 31
10 Havadar 27 7 9 11 20 30 14 2 5 7 9 15 13 5 4 4 11 15 -10 30
11 Paykan 27 5 12 10 11 21 13 3 6 4 4 7 14 2 6 6 7 14 -10 27
12 Malavan 27 5 11 11 20 31 13 5 4 4 14 13 14 0 7 7 6 18 -11 26
13 Nassaji Mazandaran 27 5 10 12 25 38 13 4 6 3 16 11 14 1 4 9 9 27 -13 25
14 Mes Kerman 27 4 9 14 21 32 13 4 5 4 16 14 14 0 4 10 5 18 -11 21
15 Sanat Naft 27 4 8 15 19 34 14 2 4 8 12 17 13 2 4 7 7 17 -15 20
16 Naft Masjed Soleyman 27 3 7 17 17 56 13 2 5 6 10 23 14 1 2 11 7 33 -39 16

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