Sepahan can not look for any pleasantries from hosts Foolad in this Persian Gulf Pro League match. Here's our full match preview!
- Foolad have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sepahan have the most scored goals (28) in Persian Gulf Pro League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Foolad form and stats
The total Persian Gulf Pro League results playing at home this season for Foolad are 2-6-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Foolad are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Tractor Sazi. Until that game this club had gone six consecutive league rounds without being beaten. Heartbreak for Foolad in their last match as Tractor Sazi's Mohammadi scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Persepolis.A fact: This club have played 5 league matches in a row with only one (or none) team scoring.
Foolad have scored {7 league goals} here from 9 matches, not a lot. Foolad are not conceding a lot of goals here at Shohadaye Foolad Khoozestan in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.
Sepahan form and stats
As the visiting team in Persian Gulf Pro League matches, Sepahan have produced an overall stat of 4-4-1 so far. The fact that Sepahan have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Moghanlou (2), Ahmadzadeh and Rezaeian scored in Sepahan's previous match, the home game against Gol Gohar that ended 4-1.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Nassaji Mazandaran with the score of 1-0.The visiting Sepahan have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sepahan are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The participants have met each other before in this season, with the final score Sepahan - Foolad 0-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Foolad victories, five draws and three Sepahan wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Moghanlou 6 goals |  R. Rezaeian 5 goals |  M. Coulibaly 3 goals |
Foolad missing players
Sepahan missing players
| Foolad | Sepahan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | 7 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 28 |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 67% | 56% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 78% |
| 44% | 44% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 56% | 61% |
| 28% | 22% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 22% | 39% |
| 17% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 11% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 44% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 50% | 56% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 56% | 50% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 2.4 | 2.9 | 0.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 0.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4.9 | 6.1 | 2.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 64% | 50% | 83% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 58% | 117% |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 2.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 3.1 | 2.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
- Foolad have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sepahan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sepahan have the most scored goals (28) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan have the the best goal difference (+17) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan is in the best form (5-0-1) in Persian Gulf Pro League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sepahan | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Gol Gohar | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 6 | Mes Rafsanjan | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Aluminium Arak | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Foolad | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Havadar | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 21 |
| 11 | Malavan | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Paykan | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | Zob Ahan | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 14 | Mes Kerman | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Sanat Naft | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 16 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -25 | 11 |
