Naft Masjed Soleyman receive Paykan for another intriguing Persian Gulf Pro League fixture here at Behnam Mohammadi Stadium.
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!
Naft Masjed Soleyman form and stats
The hosts won their first Persian Gulf Pro League game here at Behnam Mohammadi Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Naft Masjed Soleyman last season were 1 win, 7 draws and 7 losses from 15 games.
Soleyman drew their last game, 1-1 away at Havadar (placed 4th).
Ahead of that match, Naft Masjed Soleyman won a home game hosting Mes Kerman (3-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Soleyman perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Naft Masjed Soleyman as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Naft Masjed Soleyman has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Early season league goal statistics from Naft Masjed Soleyman's 1 home game: 3 goals, 2 conceded.
Paykan form and stats
Paykan have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Persian Gulf Pro League were 5 victories, 9 draws and 1 defeat from 15 fixtures.
Paykan are travelling again after losing away to Mes Kerman in their previous match (0-3).
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Malavan.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Paykan in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Paykan, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Paykan has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Paykan have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (2-3-0) when facing Soleyman.Top Goalscorers
  A. Karimi 1 goals | P. Ranjbari 1 goals | R. Dehghani 1 goals |
Naft Masjed Soleyman missing players
Paykan missing players
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | Paykan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | Last season | Paykan | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Drew | D | 9 | 15 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Scored | S | 16 | 26 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | ||
| 73% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 77% | ||
| 57% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 63% | ||
| 23% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 30% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 30% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 47% | ||
| 37% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 37% | ||
| 60% | 53% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | ||
| 2.3 | 1.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 25% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | ||
| 5.2 | 3.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 0.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 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 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Gol Gohar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Havadar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Mes Kerman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Esteghlal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Aluminium Arak | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Paykan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Mes Rafsanjan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Zob Ahan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Foolad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Persepolis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Tractor Sazi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Sanat Naft | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Malavan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 |
