Look at this appealing fixture in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Foolad is in the 13th spot from completing two fixtures. They welcome Tractor Sazi who are placed 15th from two fixtures.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
Foolad form and stats
The first Persian Gulf Pro League game here at Shohadaye Foolad Khoozestan resulted in a draw. Last season Foolad's home game statistics were 7 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats from 15 games.
Rezavand was the last player to score a league goal for Foolad and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Foolad haven't scored in 281 minutes. Foolad are confident in defense, having played 373 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Foolad last time playing, versus Tractor Sazi. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0. At last, a league win after three matches without.
0-0 away at Persepolis before that.Early season league goal statistics from Foolad's 1 home game: 0 goals, 0 conceded.
Tractor Sazi form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Persian Gulf Pro League ended in defeat. Last season Tractor Sazi had these away match statistics: Played 14; won 0, drew 7 and lost 7. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Tractor Sazi are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Tractor are travelling again after losing away to Foolad in their previous match (0-2).
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Zob Ahan.Tractor Sazi have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Foolad have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (2-3-0) when playing Tractor Sazi.Top Goalscorers
  M. Abbaszadeh 1 goals | R. Asadi 1 goals |
Foolad missing players
Tractor Sazi missing players
| Foolad | Tractor Sazi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 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% | 50% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 1.3 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.3 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 22% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 200% |
| 2.7 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 1.3 | 0.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Foolad | Last season | Tractor Sazi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Scored | S | 9 | 26 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 83% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 57% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 53% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 37% | ||
| 3% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 13% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 10% | ||
| 40% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 37% | ||
| 50% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 37% | ||
| 27% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 47% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.9 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | ||
| 46% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 44% | ||
| 5.6 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Paykan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 4 | Persepolis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Gol Gohar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Havadar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Sanat Naft | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Mes Kerman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Mes Rafsanjan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Zob Ahan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Aluminium Arak | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Foolad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 15 | Tractor Sazi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Malavan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 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 |
