Having a home game is relaxed and friendly for Paykan, but Sepahan are fully determined and qualified to go home as winners. What will happen?
- Paykan have the fewest scored goals (6) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan have the the best goal difference (+11) in Persian Gulf Pro League
This has all the signs of an absorbing game with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Paykan form and stats
With 1 Persian Gulf Pro League win, 3 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Paykan are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Bagheri was the last player to score a league goal for Paykan and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Paykan haven't scored in 180 minutes.
Paykan shared the glory with Persepolis in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Ahead of that match, Paykan lost 0-1 at home to Tractor Sazi.Sports gamblers who like looking for low-scoring matches might like to know that this team have played 10 league fixtures in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Paykan as they are travelling to their away game against Mes Rafsanjan in the Persian Gulf Pro League. That match is four days after this one.
Paykan has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {2 goals} from 6 games. From these home matches, Paykan have conceded only 3 goals.
Sepahan form and stats
Playing away, Sepahan have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 0 defeats in the Persian Gulf Pro League this season. Two points from the last two away games for Sepahan, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sepahan goalkeeper Payam Niazmand is eager to challenge this, with his 286 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Sepahan won their last game, 4-0 versus Naft Masjed Soleyman played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Sepahan was very dominant against Naft Masjed Soleyman, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Moghanlou, Noorafkan and Daneshgar providing the goals.
Before that, Sepahan travelled to Malavan and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.Sepahan find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Sepahan as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous ten meetings between these two contenders are: two wins for Paykan, three draws and five wins for Sepahan. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Moghanlou 3 goals |  R. Rezaeian 3 goals |  M. Bagheri 2 goals |
Paykan missing players
Sepahan missing players
| Paykan | Sepahan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 69% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 71% | 69% |
| 38% | 17% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 62% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 38% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 57% | 54% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 38% |
| 2.5 | 3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.8 | 2 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.8 | 4.8 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 88% | 170% |
| 6 | 3.5 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
- Paykan have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Paykan have the fewest scored goals (6) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sepahan have not yet lost a game away.
- Sepahan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sepahan have scored more than double the goals of Paykan.
- Sepahan have the most points from losing position (6) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan have the the best goal difference (+11) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Gol Gohar | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | Mes Rafsanjan | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Zob Ahan | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Aluminium Arak | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Foolad | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Havadar | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Paykan | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Malavan | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Mes Kerman | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Sanat Naft | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -21 | 9 |
