The Sepahan & Persepolis bosses de Morais and Golmohammadi are both afraid of and feeling excited about this vital fixture in the top area of the Persian Gulf Pro League standings.
- Sepahan have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Persepolis is in the best form (4-2-0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sepahan form and stats
The total Persian Gulf Pro League results playing at home this season for Sepahan are 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Sepahan enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Havadar's place. The match ended 2-1 with Noorafkan and Rezaeian scoring. At last, a league victory after four fixtures without.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Aluminium Arak.Sepahan have scored {2 league goals} here from 3 matches, not a lot. Sepahan are not conceding a lot of goals here at Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Persepolis form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Persepolis playing as the away team in the Persian Gulf Pro League this season. Persepolis have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Persepolis's previous game was their home loss versus Tractor Sazi (0-1). That loss stopped this team's string of league fixtures in a row without losing; 26 games in total!
Preceding that game was the away victory against Naft Masjed Soleyman with the score of 2-1.The travelling fans enjoy Persepolis's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Persepolis as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sepahan two wins, five draws and Persepolis three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Locadia 4 goals |   Y. Salmani 2 goals | R. Rezaeian 2 goals |
Sepahan missing players
Persepolis missing players
| Sepahan | Persepolis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 71% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 3.3 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 3.7 | 1.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2.3 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 70% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 3.2 | 1 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 1 | 0.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
- Persepolis have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Persepolis have not yet lost a game away.
- Persepolis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Persepolis have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Persepolis have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sepahan have scored home.
- Persepolis have the most points (10) away in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Persepolis have the the best goal difference (+4) away in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Persepolis have the the best goal difference (+5) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Persepolis have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Persepolis is in the best form (4-2-0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan have created more than twice as many corners as Persepolis.
- Sepahan have the most points from losing position (6) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Sepahan have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Gol Gohar | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Foolad | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Zob Ahan | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Mes Rafsanjan | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Aluminium Arak | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Paykan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | Mes Kerman | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Havadar | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Sanat Naft | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Malavan | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
