A key fixture in Azadegan League as both participants are fighting for the top spots. With Esteghlal Khuzestan in 6th position and Malavan placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting battle. Read on to learn more!
- All of Esteghlal Khuzestan's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Malavan is in the best form (4-2-0) in Azadegan League
Both sides have had enough days rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's look for an enthusiastic fixture!
Esteghlal Khuzestan form and stats
The story so far in the Azadegan League for Esteghlal Khuzestan at their home stadium (Ahvāz Takhti) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Happy days for Esteghlal in their previous game, a Azadegan League match away at Machine Sazi (placed 18th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.
Before that, Esteghlal had a home game versus Shahin Bushehr which ended with a victory 3-0.Esteghlal has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. 4 goals have been conceded.
Malavan form and stats
Things could have gone better for Malavan in their Azadegan League away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right.
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. Malavan goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 183 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Malavan had fun at their own home (Ahvāz Takhti) last time out, beating Mes Shahr-e Babak 1-0.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Shahrdari Astara at their stadium, the result 1-0.Goals are few and far between in Malavan's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. The Malavan defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (0 goals in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Esteghlal won two games, four matches ended with a tie and Malavan have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenEsteghlal Khuzestan missing players
Malavan missing players
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Malavan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 33% | 71% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 14% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 29% |
| 2.8 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 2.2 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.8 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9.8 |
| 3 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 50% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 6.8 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- All of Esteghlal Khuzestan's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Esteghlal Khuzestan have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Esteghlal Khuzestan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Malavan have not yet lost a game.
- Malavan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Malavan have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Malavan is in the best form (4-2-0) in Azadegan 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 | Malavan | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Arman Gohar | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Qashqai | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Shahrdari Hamedan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Shahrdari Astara | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Mes Shahr-e Babak | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | FC Vista Turbine | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Saipa | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Esteghlal Mollasani | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Mes Kerman | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 16 | Caspian Qazvin | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Shahin Bushehr | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 2 |
| 18 | Machine Sazi | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -12 | 1 |