Very important face-off in the "wrong" end of the Persian Gulf Pro League, with both Mes Kerman and Malavan experiencing more tension than joy. This game is a classic "six-pointer" with the team playing at home positioned 14th and the away team in 13th spot.
- Mes Kerman have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Malavan have yet to win a game away.
It's quite the trip for Malavan when visiting Mes Kerman as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Mes Kerman and Malavan 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.
Mes Kerman form and stats
The story so far in the Persian Gulf Pro League for Mes Kerman at their home stadium (Shahid Bahonar Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. When Mes Kerman hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Havadar, Paykan, Mes Kerman, Naft Masjed Soleyman and Sanat Naft), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 270 minutes without scoring a league goal. Mohammadi was the last player to find the net.
The home team returns to Shahid Bahonar Stadium after drawing with Tractor Sazi (placed 5th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.
Ahead of that match, Mes Kerman lost 0-2 at home to Mes Rafsanjan.It should be considered that a peek at the 12 most recent league matches shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Mes Kerman are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Kerman have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Mes Kerman has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Malavan form and stats
Malavan have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Persian Gulf Pro League, after 0-3-4 (7 played). Malavan has drawn their two previous away games.
The attacking players of Malavan have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 211 minutes. 225 minutes! That's how long the Malavan goalkeeper Iman Sadeghi and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Malavan has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Mes Rafsanjan for a 0-0 draw.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Sepahan.Low on goals? 8 of this team's latest 10 league matches have contained two goals or less.
A new game in only four days for Malavan, the Persian Gulf Pro League home match versus Naft Masjed Soleyman. Busy days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Malavan's away games in the league this season with only {3 goals} from 7 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mes Kerman two wins, six draws and Malavan two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Bazgir 4 goals |  M. Kazemian 3 goals | A. Rostami 2 goals |
Mes Kerman missing players
Malavan missing players
| Mes Kerman | Malavan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 7 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 54% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 29% | 46% |
| 23% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 46% |
| 38% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 69% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 71% | 54% |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.7 | 1 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 2.4 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4.3 | 2.6 |
| 0.8 | 0.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.7 | 1 |
| 67% | 133% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 4.5 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6 | 3.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 1.6 |
- Malavan have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Malavan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Malavan have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Malavan have yet to win a game away.
- Mes Kerman have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mes Kerman have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Malavan have scored 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 | Persepolis | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Gol Gohar | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | Mes Rafsanjan | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Zob Ahan | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Aluminium Arak | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Foolad | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Havadar | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Paykan | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Malavan | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Mes Kerman | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Sanat Naft | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -21 | 9 |
