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- Naft Masjed Soleyman have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Tractor Sazi have the fewest points (5) away in Persian Gulf Pro League
It's quite the trip for Tractor Sazi when visiting Naft Masjed Soleyman as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Naft Masjed Soleyman form and stats
With 1 Persian Gulf Pro League win, 4 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Naft Masjed Soleyman are certainly not brimming with confidence. Naft Masjed Soleyman are slowly digging their own grave here at Behnam Mohammadi Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Fajr Sepasi match.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Soleyman, as their goalkeeper Ali Mohsenzadeh has completely shut out the opponents for 250 minutes in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Naft Masjed Soleyman enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Zob Ahan's place. The match ended 1-0 with Hasheminejad scoring.
Before that, Naft Masjed Soleyman drew at home versus Havadar.Soleyman have scored 5 goals here in 12 league matches, a depressing statistic. Naft Masjed Soleyman's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Naft Masjed Soleyman has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
Tractor Sazi form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tractor Sazi so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-7 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.
Tractor go into this game after a win, the home game against Mes Rafsanjan that ended 1-0.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Aluminium Arak's place.Goals are few and far between in Tractor Sazi's away league games. Only 5 goals from 12 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Tractor have conceded 14 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have battled previously this season: Tractor Sazi - Naft Masjed Soleyman 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Naft Masjed Soleyman zero wins, four draws and Tractor Sazi six victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Babaei Alibeyk 5 goals | M. Abbaszadeh 4 goals |  E. Mirjavan 3 goals |
Naft Masjed Soleyman missing players
Tractor Sazi missing players
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | Tractor Sazi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 29 | 15 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 25 |
| 75% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 67% | 79% |
| 54% | 58% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 33% | 46% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 38% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 38% |
| 62% | 67% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 67% | 50% |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 6 | 4.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 1.5 | 0.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 42% | 48% |
| 5.2 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.7 | 6.8 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
- Naft Masjed Soleyman have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Naft Masjed Soleyman have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Naft Masjed Soleyman have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Naft Masjed Soleyman have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Tractor Sazi have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Tractor Sazi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Tractor Sazi have the fewest points (5) away in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Tractor Sazi have yet to win a game 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 | Esteghlal | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 25 | 56 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 50 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 45 |
| 4 | Foolad | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 38 |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 35 |
| 6 | Gol Gohar | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 35 |
| 7 | Paykan | 24 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 33 |
| 8 | Sanat Naft | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 31 |
| 9 | Zob Ahan | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 31 |
| 10 | Aluminium Arak | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 30 |
| 11 | Havadar | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 24 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 27 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -19 | 17 |
| 15 | Fajr Sepasi | 24 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | -14 | 16 |
| 16 | Padideh Khorasan | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -21 | 14 |
