Game week two of the Azadegan League season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Mes Kerman - Shahin Bushehr preview:
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Shahin Bushehr when visiting Mes Kerman as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Mes Kerman form and stats
Kerman shared the glory with Oxin Alborz in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Last season, Mes Kerman's league statistics were 17 wins, 12 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Azadegan League. Over these 34 matches they scored 42 goals and conceded 23. Playing at home last season Mes Kerman managed 11-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 9 conceded.
Shahin Bushehr form and stats
There were no winners in Bushehr's previous match, a Azadegan League home game that ended 0-0 vs Shahrdari Astara (placed 12th). A loss against Esteghlal was the result prior to that, in a Persian Gulf Pro League home game.
Let's have a look at how Shahin Bushehr performed last season in the Persian Gulf Pro League: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 10 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 57 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 11 with 12/30 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Kerman three wins, two draws and Shahin Bushehr three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Mes Kerman missing players
Shahin Bushehr missing players
| Mes Kerman | Shahin Bushehr | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 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% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Mes Kerman | Last season | Shahin Bushehr | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 11 | 16 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Scored | S | 12 | 26 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 30 | 57 | ||
| 79% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 87% | ||
| 50% | 41% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | ||
| 38% | 35% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 47% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 37% | ||
| 3% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 23% | ||
| 38% | 24% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 53% | ||
| 53% | 65% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 17% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 43% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6.5 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 7.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.9 | ||
| 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Havadar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Qashqai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Esteghlal Mollasani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Mes Kerman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Oxin Alborz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Shahin Bushehr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Shahrdari Astara | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Arman Gohar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Baderan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Fajr Sepasi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Malavan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Navad Urmia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Chooka Talesh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 | Mes Rafsanjan | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 56 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 27 | 67 |
| 2 | Aluminium Arak | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 63 |
| 3 | Mes Kerman | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 42 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 63 |
| 4 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 59 |
| 5 | Baderan | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 55 |
| 6 | Persepolis Pakdasht | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 45 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 55 |
| 7 | Navad Urmia | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 52 |
| 8 | Oxin Alborz | 34 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 39 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 51 |
| 9 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 48 |
| 10 | Fajr Sepasi | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 45 |
| 11 | Arman Gohar | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 27 | -2 | 43 |
| 12 | Damash Gilanian | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 25 | -8 | 42 |
| 13 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 31 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 37 |
| 14 | Qashqai | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 24 | -5 | 37 |
| 15 | Malavan | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 26 | -9 | 35 |
| 16 | Niroye Zamini | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 46 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -14 | 33 |
| 17 | Sepidrood Rasht | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 27 | -22 | 30 |
| 18 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 34 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 85 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 49 | -71 | 10 |
| 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 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 29 | 67 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 55 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 24 | 53 |
| 3 | Foolad | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 51 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 50 |
| 5 | Sepahan | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 39 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 49 |
| 6 | Padideh Khorasan | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 46 |
| 7 | Sanat Naft | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 41 |
| 8 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 30 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 38 |
| 9 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -2 | 38 |
| 10 | Gol Gohar | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 33 |
| 11 | Machine Sazi | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 24 | -12 | 31 |
| 12 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 19 | -8 | 30 |
| 13 | Paykan | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -6 | 29 |
| 14 | Saipa | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -11 | 29 |
| 15 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 30 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 27 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 30 | -31 | 22 |