Soccer betting preview: Mes Rafsanjan welcomes Nassaji Mazandaran in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Iran Persian Gulf Pro League
Competition: Wed 16.Aug
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Shohadaye Noushabad Stadium (51000 seats)

With the anxious opening match done it’s time for the second Persian Gulf Pro League duel of the season. Mes Rafsanjan are ready to confront Nassaji Mazandaran in front of their stadium regulars.

It's quite the trip for Nassaji Mazandaran when visiting Mes Rafsanjan as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

Mes Rafsanjan and Nassaji Mazandaran 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.

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Mes Rafsanjan form and stats

The previous season, Mes Rafsanjan's league statistics were 11 wins, 14 draws and 5 losses, results that produced 5th spot in the Persian Gulf Pro League. During these 30 matches they scored {29 goals} and conceded 15. Appearing as the host team in the last season Mes Rafsanjan delivered 7-6-2 (win-draw-lost) with {15 goals} and 5 conceded.

Mes Rafsanjan drew their last game, 0-0 away at Havadar (placed 10th).

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Paykan the opponent.

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 Rafsanjan have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 3 and lost 2.

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Nassaji Mazandaran form and stats

Let's have a look at how Nassaji Mazandaran performed last season in the Persian Gulf Pro League: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 11 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded {44 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 4 and lost 10 with 9/28 goals scored/conceded.

Nassaji Mazandaran delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Paykan (placed 7th) in their previous game.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Persepolis.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Nassaji Mazandaran in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Nassaji Mazandaran, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mes Rafsanjan two wins, three draws and Nassaji Mazandaran five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nassaji MazandaranV. Mohammadzadeh
V. Mohammadzadeh
1 goals

Mes Rafsanjan missing players

Nassaji Mazandaran missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mes Rafsanjan Nassaji Mazandaran
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
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% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Mes Rafsanjan Last season Nassaji Mazandaran
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
11 7   Won W   1 5
14 6   Drew D   4 11
5 2   Lost L   10 14
29 15   Scored S   9 26
15 5   Conceded C   28 44
70% 67%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 90%
47% 40%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 73%
20% 20%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 40%
10% 7%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 23%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 3%
27% 20%   BTTS BTTS   47% 47%
63% 73%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 23%
40% 40%   Failed to Score F T   47% 40%
 
3.1 2.5   Corners for (avg) C F   2.4 2.5
3.3 2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 3.2
1.6 0.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.5
1 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
3.8 2.8   Shots (avg) S (   4 4.1
1.3 0.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.8 1.8
58% 80%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 48%
 
3.3 1.4   Shots against (avg) S A   7.8 5.9
1.5 0.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 3.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gol Gohar 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
2 Esteghlal 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Sepahan 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Zob Ahan 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Persepolis 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Aluminium Arak 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
7 Paykan 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
8 Nassaji Mazandaran 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Mes Rafsanjan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Havadar 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Esteghlal Khuzestan 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
12 Malavan 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Tractor Sazi 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
14 Sanat Naft 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
15 Foolad 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
16 Caspian Qazvin 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 -5
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 Persepolis 30 20 6 4 46 13 15 9 3 3 21 4 15 11 3 1 25 9 33 66
2 Sepahan 30 19 8 3 49 17 15 11 3 1 32 9 15 8 5 2 17 8 32 65
3 Esteghlal 30 18 8 4 52 22 15 8 6 1 32 11 15 10 2 3 20 11 30 62
4 Tractor Sazi 30 15 7 8 42 34 15 7 6 2 16 10 15 8 1 6 26 24 8 52
5 Mes Rafsanjan 30 11 14 5 29 15 15 7 6 2 15 5 15 4 8 3 14 10 14 47
6 Gol Gohar 30 12 9 9 40 36 15 6 4 5 20 17 15 6 5 4 20 19 4 45
7 Aluminium Arak 30 8 16 6 20 15 15 5 5 5 12 9 15 3 11 1 8 6 5 40
8 Foolad 30 9 13 8 27 26 15 5 7 3 13 11 15 4 6 5 14 15 1 40
9 Zob Ahan 30 7 15 8 25 24 15 7 6 2 20 12 15 0 9 6 5 12 1 36
10 Havadar 30 7 12 11 24 34 15 2 6 7 9 15 15 5 6 4 15 19 -10 33
11 Paykan 30 5 13 12 12 28 15 3 7 5 5 9 15 2 6 7 7 19 -16 28
12 Malavan 30 5 12 13 21 40 15 5 5 5 14 17 15 0 7 8 7 23 -19 27
13 Nassaji Mazandaran 30 5 11 14 26 44 15 4 7 4 17 16 15 1 4 10 9 28 -18 26
14 Sanat Naft 30 5 10 15 22 36 15 2 5 8 13 18 15 3 5 7 9 18 -14 25
15 Mes Kerman 30 4 10 16 23 37 15 4 5 6 18 19 15 0 5 10 5 18 -14 22
16 Naft Masjed Soleyman 30 4 8 18 22 59 15 3 5 7 15 26 15 1 3 11 7 33 -37 20

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 Gol Gohar 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
2 Esteghlal 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Sepahan 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Zob Ahan 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Persepolis 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Aluminium Arak 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
7 Paykan 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
8 Nassaji Mazandaran 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Mes Rafsanjan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Havadar 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Esteghlal Khuzestan 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
12 Malavan 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Tractor Sazi 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
14 Sanat Naft 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
15 Foolad 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
16 Caspian Qazvin 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 -5

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