After the first games for these two it's Paykan - Gol Gohar 1-3 in points. Who will achieve victory in this second Persian Gulf Pro League game of the season?
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Paykan form and stats
Last season, Paykan's league stats were 5 wins, 13 draws and 12 losses, leading to 11th position in the Persian Gulf Pro League. During these 30 matches they scored {12 goals} and let in 28. Playing as the home side in the last season Paykan managed 3-7-5 (win-draw-lost) with {5 goals} and 9 conceded.
An away draw last time out for Paykan, facing Nassaji Mazandaran in a game that ended 1-1.
In the match before that, Paykan hosted Mes Rafsanjan and drew the game 1-1.Gol Gohar form and stats
Let's have a look at how Gol Gohar performed last season in the Persian Gulf Pro League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 9 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded {36 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 20/19 goals scored/conceded.
Aashouri, Zendehrooh and Alizadeh scored in Gol Gohar's previous match, the home game against Foolad that ended 3-0.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Sanat Naft.Head 2 Head
Stats for the last ten meetings involving these two contenders are: four wins for Paykan, two draws and four wins for Gol Gohar. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Taher 1 goals |  A. Alizadeh 1 goals | A. Aashouri 1 goals |
Paykan missing players
Gol Gohar missing players
| Paykan | Gol Gohar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Paykan | Last season | Gol Gohar | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 20 | 40 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 19 | 36 | ||
| 73% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 93% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | ||
| 13% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 57% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 7% | ||
| 23% | 13% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 53% | ||
| 40% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | ||
| 63% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 27% | ||
| 2.5 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 13% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 88% | 63% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 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 | Esteghlal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Gol Gohar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Paykan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Havadar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Mes Rafsanjan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Malavan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Aluminium Arak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -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 |
