Struggling Malavan will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Mes Rafsanjan in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
Malavan form and stats
5 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Malavan have to build on here at Takhti Stadium in the Azadegan League.
Ahead of that match, Malavan won a home game hosting Baderan (2-0).
Malavan are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. Malavan have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mes Rafsanjan form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (49) in Azadegan League, on their Azadegan League travels is 7 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
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. Mes Rafsanjan goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Mes Kerman that ended 0-0.
Rafsanjan has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 14 games. Mes Rafsanjan have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Mes Rafsanjan - Malavan 3-0. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - two - two (Malavan wins - draws - Mes Rafsanjan wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Malavan missing players
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| Malavan | Mes Rafsanjan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 22 | 49 |
| 33 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 22 |
| 89% | 86% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 86% | 93% |
| 67% | 71% | 20% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 79% | 79% |
| 30% | 29% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | 50% |
| 15% | 14% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 29% | 25% |
| 7% | 14% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 14% | 7% |
| 48% | 57% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 57% | 54% |
| 26% | 36% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | 43% |
| 37% | 21% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 21% | 11% |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 191 | 121 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 130 | 243 |
| 87 | 68 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 65 | 122 |
| 25% | 25% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 34% | 34% |
- Mes Rafsanjan has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Mes Rafsanjan has the most points (26) away
- Mes Rafsanjan has the most scored goals (22) away
- Mes Rafsanjan has the most scored goals (49)
- Mes Rafsanjan has the most scored goals in the first half (16)
- Mes Rafsanjan has the most scored goals in the second half (26)
- Mes Rafsanjan has the the best goal difference (+27)
- Mes Rafsanjan has the the best goal difference (+8) away
- Mes Rafsanjan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Mes Rafsanjan have scored more than double the goals of Malavan.
| 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 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 27 | 57 |
| 2 | Aluminium Arak | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 51 |
| 3 | Mes Kerman | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 50 |
| 4 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 49 |
| 5 | Navad Urmia | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 45 |
| 6 | Oxin Alborz | 28 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 44 |
| 7 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 41 |
| 8 | Baderan | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 41 |
| 9 | Fajr Sepasi | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 38 |
| 10 | Persepolis Pakdasht | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 36 |
| 11 | Arman Gohar | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 22 | -2 | 34 |
| 12 | Qashqai | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 32 |
| 13 | Damash Gilanian | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 23 | -11 | 32 |
| 14 | Niroye Zamini | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -10 | 28 |
| 15 | Malavan | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 23 | -13 | 28 |
| 16 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 28 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 27 |
| 17 | Sepidrood Rasht | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 24 | -15 | 27 |
| 18 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 28 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 62 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 35 | -49 | 10 |