This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, both rise and fall resulting in mid-table positions so far. Pave the way for Paykan - Mes Rafsanjan!
- Paykan have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Mes Rafsanjan have scored at least twice as many goals away as Paykan have scored home.
Paykan can neither be promoted or relegated from Persian Gulf Pro League. Rafsanjan have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 6th place no matter what happens.
These teams have little in common geographically as Mes Rafsanjan have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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!
Paykan form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Persian Gulf Pro League this season. Paykan have only managed 2 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in eleven attempts.
Paykan drew their last game, 1-1 away at Aluminium Arak (placed 8th).
Preceding that match was the home game against Foolad that was lost 1-2.Paykan have scored 9 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Mes Rafsanjan form and stats
6 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Mes Rafsanjan playing as the away team in the Persian Gulf Pro League this season. Mes Rafsanjan has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Esteghlal with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Sanat Naft.The visiting Mes Rafsanjan have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 14 games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the participants met previously this season; Mes Rafsanjan - Paykan 0-0. Data for the last nine meetings featuring these two participants are: three wins for Paykan, two draws and four wins for Mes Rafsanjan. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Mensha 14 goals | M. Aliyari 5 goals |  E. Salehi 4 goals |
Paykan missing players
Mes Rafsanjan missing players
| Paykan | Mes Rafsanjan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 25 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 19 | 38 |
| 26 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 27 |
| 76% | 79% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 86% |
| 62% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 69% |
| 31% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 45% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 45% | 36% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 45% |
| 38% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 43% | 41% |
| 41% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 28% |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 7.2 | 7.6 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| 42% | 62% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 52% | 41% |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
- Mes Rafsanjan have scored at least twice as many goals away as Paykan have scored home.
- Paykan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Paykan have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Persian Gulf Pro League
| 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 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 29 | 67 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 29 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 58 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 22 | 55 |
| 4 | Gol Gohar | 29 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 48 |
| 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 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 44 |
| 7 | Zob Ahan | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 37 |
| 8 | Aluminium Arak | 29 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -3 | 36 |
| 9 | Paykan | 29 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 11 | -1 | 35 |
| 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 | 29 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -21 | 21 |
| 15 | Fajr Sepasi | 29 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 18 | -18 | 17 |
| 16 | Padideh Khorasan | 29 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 43 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 25 | -26 | 16 |
