It's match week two of the Persian Gulf Pro League season and a lot to play for. Read our exhaustive preview of Tractor Sazi-Persepolis!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Tractor Sazi form and stats
In the previous season, Tractor Sazi's league stats were 7 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses, providing 13th position in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Over these 30 matches they scored {26 goals} and conceded 32. Playing as the home side in the former season Tractor Sazi generated 6-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with {17 goals} and 17 conceded.
The regulars are hoping that Tractor will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the match against Sepahan (placed 3rd).
A 0-0 draw away in the Club Friendlies 2 before that, with Adana Demirspor the opponent.Persepolis form and stats
Let's have a look at how Persepolis performed last season in the Persian Gulf Pro League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded {13 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 3 and lost 1 with 25/9 goals scored/conceded.
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. Persepolis goalkeeper Alireza Safar Beiranvand is eager to challenge this, with his 477 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The followers enjoyed Persepolis's previous game versus Aluminium Arak (placed 6th), a 1-0 win played at home.
Before that, the Hazfi Cup win away at Esteghlal (after extra-time).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Tractor victories, two draws and six Persepolis wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Nemati 1 goals |
Tractor Sazi missing players
Persepolis missing players
| Tractor Sazi | Persepolis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tractor Sazi | Last season | Persepolis | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 1 | 0 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 11 | 20 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 25 | 46 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 9 | 13 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 83% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 43% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 37% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 23% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 23% | ||
| 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 53% | 63% | ||
| 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 30% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.4 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 5.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 96% | 58% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 1.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.8 | 1.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gol Gohar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Zob Ahan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Persepolis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Aluminium Arak | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Paykan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Mes Rafsanjan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Havadar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Malavan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Sanat Naft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | Foolad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Caspian Qazvin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 33 | 66 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 49 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 32 | 65 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 30 | 62 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 52 |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 47 |
| 6 | Gol Gohar | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 45 |
| 7 | Aluminium Arak | 30 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | Foolad | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 36 |
| 10 | Havadar | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -10 | 33 |
| 11 | Paykan | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 28 |
| 12 | Malavan | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -19 | 27 |
| 13 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 28 | -18 | 26 |
| 14 | Sanat Naft | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 25 |
| 15 | Mes Kerman | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 37 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 18 | -14 | 22 |
| 16 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 33 | -37 | 20 |
