Season ticket holders at Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Saipa languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Machine Sazi will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Saipa form and stats
Saipa's struggle is real here at Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium with only 13 points collected from 13 Persian Gulf Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-7-4. Saipa are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of five drawn games in a row. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Saipa shared the glory with Shahin Bushehr in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Paykan that ended 0-0.
Saipa have scored 9 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. Saipa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Machine Sazi form and stats
There's been little loot from Machine Sazi's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 13 away games in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Machine Sazi only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.
Home advantage was not enough for Machine in their previous game, as they lost their Persian Gulf Pro League-match, hosting Gol Gohar, 1-2. Preceding that game was the away victory against Zob Ahan with the score of 2-1.
The attacking power of Machine Sazi when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Machine Sazi's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Machine Sazi - Saipa 1-0 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Saipa victories, six draws and two Machine Sazi wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Soleimani Asl 6 goals | A. Ramezani 4 goals | A. Hosseinzadeh 3 goals |
Saipa missing players
Machine Sazi missing players
| Saipa | Machine Sazi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 23 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 32 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | 36 |
| 73% | 54% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 85% |
| 58% | 46% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 54% | 54% |
| 35% | 31% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 46% | 46% |
| 27% | 23% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 23% | 23% |
| 12% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 8% | 12% |
| 50% | 31% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 54% | 46% |
| 27% | 46% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 27% |
| 50% | 69% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 46% | 42% |
| 3.7 | 4 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 150 | 73 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 99 | 205 |
| 57 | 25 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 40 | 80 |
| 39% | 36% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 22% | 28% |
- Machine Sazi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Saipa has the fewest scored goals (9) 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 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 62 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 45 |
| 3 | Tractor Sazi | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 45 |
| 4 | Padideh Khorasan | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 43 |
| 5 | Esteghlal | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 42 |
| 6 | Foolad | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 42 |
| 7 | Sanat Naft | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 37 |
| 8 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 25 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 33 |
| 9 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -4 | 29 |
| 10 | Machine Sazi | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 27 |
| 11 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 25 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | Zob Ahan | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 19 | -8 | 25 |
| 13 | Gol Gohar | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 25 |
| 14 | Saipa | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -9 | 24 |
| 15 | Paykan | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -7 | 23 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 27 | -28 | 18 |