Persian Gulf Pro League game preview and facts: Persepolis meet Nassaji Mazandaran

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Competition: Iran Persian Gulf Pro League
Competition: Thu 05.January
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Azadi Stadium (76807 seats)

A total of 14 sets of matches are played and both Persepolis and Nassaji Mazandaran are up there with the best. Get ready!

Insights:
  • Persepolis is in the best form (4-2-0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
  • Nassaji Mazandaran have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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!

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Persepolis form and stats

When playing at home in the Persian Gulf Pro League, Persepolis have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Persepolis, as their goalkeeper Alireza Safar Beiranvand has completely shut out the opponents for 220 minutes in the Persian Gulf Pro League.

It's back home for Persepolis, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Gol Gohar away with the result 2-0.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Paykan that ended 0-0.

It should be considered that a look at the 14 most recent league fixtures reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Persepolis aren't scoring a lot here at Azadi Stadium in the league, with only {4 goals} from 6 games. Persepolis have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

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Nassaji Mazandaran form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nassaji Mazandaran so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).

Mazandaran had fun at their own home (Azadi Stadium) last time out, beating Tractor Sazi 2-0. Jafari and Ebrahimi scored. That victory felt good as this club had gone three league games without victory.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Havadar.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nassaji Mazandaran as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. Nassaji Mazandaran's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Persepolis have won or drawn the last 8 fixtures (5-3-0) versus Nassaji Mazandaran.

Top Goalscorers

PersepolisJ. Locadia
J. Locadia
6 goals
Nassaji MazandaranH. Shiri
H. Shiri
4 goals
Nassaji MazandaranA. Kalantari
A. Kalantari
3 goals

Persepolis missing players

Nassaji Mazandaran missing players

Persepolis Nassaji Mazandaran
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 0 Played P 3 6 14
8 3 0 Won W 1 1 5
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 5
1 1 0 Lost L 2 3 4
15 4 0 Scored S 3 4 17
5 1 0 Conceded C 5 9 15
71% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 86%
36% 17% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 79%
21% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 43%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
21% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 43%
71% 83% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 43%
36% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 29%
 
2.9 3.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2 2.5
2.1 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 4 3.6
0.9 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
4.2 5.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0.5 3.4 4.4
2.5 2.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 2 2.3
52% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 200% 30% 48%
 
3 5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 5.2 4.9
1.3 1.6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 2.8 2.5
Key stats in Persian Gulf Pro League this season:
  • Nassaji Mazandaran have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Nassaji Mazandaran have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nassaji Mazandaran have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Persepolis have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Persepolis have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Persepolis is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 Persepolis 14 8 5 1 15 5 6 3 2 1 4 1 8 5 3 0 11 4 10 29
2 Esteghlal 14 7 6 1 15 8 8 2 5 1 7 6 6 5 1 0 8 2 7 27
3 Sepahan 14 6 6 2 19 9 6 3 2 1 10 4 8 3 4 1 9 5 10 24
4 Gol Gohar 13 7 3 3 19 12 8 4 1 3 9 9 5 3 2 0 10 3 7 24
5 Nassaji Mazandaran 14 5 5 4 17 15 8 4 3 1 13 6 6 1 2 3 4 9 2 20
6 Aluminium Arak 13 5 4 4 8 5 6 3 0 3 6 4 7 2 4 1 2 1 3 19
7 Mes Rafsanjan 14 3 10 1 7 4 6 2 4 0 3 1 8 1 6 1 4 3 3 19
8 Tractor Sazi 14 5 4 5 15 16 6 2 4 0 6 4 8 3 0 5 9 12 -1 19
9 Zob Ahan 14 3 9 2 13 9 8 3 4 1 10 5 6 0 5 1 3 4 4 18
10 Foolad 14 3 8 3 14 13 8 1 6 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 1 17
11 Paykan 14 3 7 4 7 10 7 2 3 2 3 3 7 1 4 2 4 7 -3 16
12 Havadar 14 3 5 6 10 14 7 1 2 4 5 9 7 2 3 2 5 5 -4 14
13 Malavan 14 2 6 6 10 14 6 2 2 2 7 7 8 0 4 4 3 7 -4 12
14 Mes Kerman 14 2 5 7 9 14 7 2 3 2 7 5 7 0 2 5 2 9 -5 11
15 Sanat Naft 14 2 4 8 9 17 6 0 2 4 3 8 8 2 2 4 6 9 -8 10
16 Naft Masjed Soleyman 14 2 3 9 12 34 8 1 2 5 6 16 6 1 1 4 6 18 -22 9