A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and 17th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Mes Rafsanjan and Malavan 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.
Mes Rafsanjan form and stats
Mes Rafsanjan, who have the most scored goals (18) in Azadegan League, have played 5 Azadegan League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans are hoping that Mes Rafsanjan will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Azadegan League game against Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol (placed 16th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Mes Kerman that ended 1-1.
Mes Rafsanjan are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found two matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W1-D1-L0.
Goals decide football matches and Mes Rafsanjan are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 5 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Mes Rafsanjan have only let in 2 goals at home.
Malavan form and stats
The manager M. Ahmadzadeh is not happy with the away performances in the Azadegan League so far, as all 5 matches have been lost. A depressing five defeats in a row for Malavan in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Persepolis Pakdasht.
Malavan are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Azadegan League against Sepidrood Rasht (placed 9th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Baderan wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Malavan's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 5 matches. Malavan have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Mes Rafsanjan - Malavan 3-0 earlier this season. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Mes Rafsanjan, 2 draws and 3 wins for Malavan. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.Mes Rafsanjan missing players
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| Mes Rafsanjan | Malavan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 18 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 73% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 45% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 55% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 55% |
| 36% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 80% | 45% |
| 3.8 | 5 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 5.5 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.2 | 5.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Malavan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Malavan have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Malavan have lost all their away matches so far.
- Malavan have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Malavan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mes Rafsanjan have not yet lost a game at home.
- Mes Rafsanjan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Mes Rafsanjan have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Mes Rafsanjan have scored more than double the goals of Malavan.
- Mes Rafsanjan have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Mes Rafsanjan 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 | Fajr Sepasi | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Navad Urmia | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Oxin Alborz | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Mes Rafsanjan | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Baderan | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Aluminium Arak | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Damash Gilanian | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Sepidrood Rasht | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 10 | Niroye Zamini | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 11 | Persepolis Pakdasht | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| 12 | Mes Kerman | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Arman Gohar | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Qashqai | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Malavan | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -12 | 5 |
| 18 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 5 |