With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Baderan fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Esteghlal Khuzestan.
It's quite the trip for Esteghlal Khuzestan when visiting Baderan as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Baderan form and stats
4-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Azadegan League numbers at home for Baderan so far this season. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Baderan, their manager and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Baderan crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Mes Rafsanjan here in a Azadegan League match. In the game before, an away victory match versus Sepidrood Rasht with a 3-1 scoreline.
The Baderan fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Esteghlal Khuzestan form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Esteghlal Khuzestan so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
Esteghlal Khuzestan aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 182 league minutes without a goal.
Esteghlal Khuzestan's last game was the home draw against Arman Gohar (0-0). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Navad Urmia wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
The attacking power of Esteghlal Khuzestan when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Esteghlal Khuzestan have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Esteghlal Khuzestan - Baderan 0-1.Top Goalscorers
  M. Karimi 3 goals |  A. Kalantari 2 goals |
Baderan missing players
Esteghlal Khuzestan missing players
| Baderan | Esteghlal Khuzestan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 19 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 88% |
| 65% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 44% | 53% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 24% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 53% |
| 35% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 56% | 47% |
| 5.7 | 7.9 | 8.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 | 56 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 91 | 136 |
| 54 | 24 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 38 | 55 |
| 35% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 16% | 27% |
- Baderan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Baderan have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Baderan haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Mes Rafsanjan | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 33 |
| 2 | Fajr Sepasi | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 33 |
| 3 | Oxin Alborz | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Navad Urmia | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | Mes Kerman | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Aluminium Arak | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Damash Gilanian | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Baderan | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | Niroye Zamini | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -4 | 21 |
| 11 | Qashqai | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Persepolis Pakdasht | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -1 | 19 |
| 13 | Arman Gohar | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Malavan | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 16 |
| 16 | Sepidrood Rasht | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 15 |
| 17 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 18 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -22 | 7 |