It's a new born Persian Gulf Pro League campaign and Paykan are aching to get started here at Enghelab Stadium. Malavan are guesting and this should be a thrilling season launch.
Malavan have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Paykan form and stats
The season before, Paykan's league stats were 7 wins, 15 draws and 8 losses, resulting in 9th spot in the Persian Gulf Pro League. From these 30 matches they scored 26 goals and let in 27. Appearing at their own stadium in the last season Paykan delivered 2-6-7 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 16 conceded.
Before that beating this team had gone nine consecutive league rounds without a loss.
Malavan form and stats
A job perfectly done for Malavan last season as they secured promotion from Azadegan League. With a grand total of 20 wins, 11 draws and 3 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 7 were in away matches.
Head 2 Head
Paykan have not lost in the last 4 games (2-2-0) versus Malavan.Paykan missing players
Malavan missing players
| Paykan | Malavan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paykan | Last season | Malavan | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 7 | 20 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Drew | D | 8 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Scored | S | 15 | 40 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | ||
| 77% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 65% | 79% | ||
| 63% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 35% | 47% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 47% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 24% | 29% | ||
| 37% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 71% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 24% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 7.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | ||
| 5.6 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 6.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 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 | Aluminium Arak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Foolad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Gol Gohar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Havadar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Malavan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Mes Kerman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mes Rafsanjan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Paykan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Persepolis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Sanat Naft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Sepahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Tractor Sazi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Zob Ahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| 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 | Malavan | 34 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 25 | 71 |
| 2 | Mes Kerman | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 30 | 70 |
| 3 | Arman Gohar | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 61 |
| 4 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 59 |
| 5 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 37 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 1 | 52 |
| 6 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 50 |
| 7 | Mes Shahr-e Babak | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 46 |
| 8 | Esteghlal Mollasani | 34 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 46 |
| 9 | Caspian Qazvin | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 44 |
| 10 | Shahrdari Hamedan | 34 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 43 |
| 11 | Shahrdari Astara | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -3 | 42 |
| 12 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 40 |
| 13 | Saipa | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 33 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -2 | 40 |
| 14 | Qashqai | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 22 | -8 | 39 |
| 15 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 24 | -4 | 38 |
| 16 | FC Vista Turbine | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 20 | -7 | 37 |
| 17 | Shahin Bushehr | 34 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 14 | 55 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 28 | -41 | 15 |
| 18 | Machine Sazi | 34 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 81 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 48 | -52 | 12 |