The league table in Azadegan League tells a story about these teams so far, with Fajr Sepasi leading Esteghlal Khuzestan by 14 points. Match preview to follow:
Fajr Sepasi and Esteghlal Khuzestan should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Fajr Sepasi form and stats
Fajr Sepasi have collected 19 points from their Azadegan League home games so far after 5-4-1.
Fajr Sepasi's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Aluminium Arak (placed 7th). In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Navad Urmia.
Fajr Sepasi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 17 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Fajr Sepasi have conceded only 7 goals.
Esteghlal Khuzestan form and stats
Esteghlal Khuzestan have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Azadegan League, after 2-3-5 (10 played).
The manager S. Alavi was unhappy after their last game, a Azadegan League match played at their home ground Ghadir Stadium. Esteghlal Khuzestan suffered a 0-1 loss to Mes Rafsanjan (placed 1st). Preceding that game was the away victory against Baderan with the score of 1-0.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Esteghlal Khuzestan have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Esteghlal Khuzestan - Fajr Sepasi 0-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 2 - 1 - 0 (Fajr Sepasi wins - draws - Esteghlal Khuzestan wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Karimi 3 goals |  A. Kalantari 2 goals |
Fajr Sepasi missing players
Esteghlal Khuzestan missing players
| Fajr Sepasi | Esteghlal Khuzestan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 24 | 17 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 90% | 89% |
| 61% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 40% | 47% |
| 39% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| 17% | 20% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 16% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 44% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 47% |
| 50% | 40% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 16% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | 47% |
| 3.8 | 5 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 3.9 | 2.6 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.7 | 4.7 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 154 | 110 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 96 | 142 |
| 71 | 48 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 40 | 57 |
| 27% | 25% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 6% | 18% | 28% |
- Fajr Sepasi has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Fajr Sepasi has the most scored goals in the first half (12)
- Fajr Sepasi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fajr Sepasi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Fajr Sepasi have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Esteghlal Khuzestan have scored away.
- Fajr Sepasi 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 | Mes Rafsanjan | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Oxin Alborz | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 37 |
| 3 | Navad Urmia | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Fajr Sepasi | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 5 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 32 |
| 6 | Mes Kerman | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Aluminium Arak | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Baderan | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Damash Gilanian | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | Persepolis Pakdasht | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Arman Gohar | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Niroye Zamini | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -10 | 21 |
| 13 | Qashqai | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 14 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 15 | Sepidrood Rasht | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -12 | 18 |
| 16 | Malavan | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -13 | 17 |
| 17 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 21 | -23 | 7 |