Can Mes Rafsanjan beat Sepidrood Rasht?

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Competition: Iran Azadegan League
Date: Tue 07.January
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Mes Rafsanjan leading Sepidrood Rasht by 18 points.

It's quite the trip for Sepidrood Rasht when visiting Mes Rafsanjan as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

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Mes Rafsanjan form and stats

Home games in the Azadegan League have been a walk in the park for Mes Rafsanjan so far, with 20 points won from 8 matches; 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Mes Rafsanjan are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

The Mes Rafsanjan goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 208 minutes without conceding a goal in the Azadegan League.

Mes Rafsanjan's previous game was a Azadegan League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Khooshe Talaee Saveh (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Baderan with a 2-0 scoreline.

The Mes Rafsanjan manager has got the team scoring with 17 from 8 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Mes Rafsanjan have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Sepidrood Rasht form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sepidrood Rasht so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-7 (win-draw-lose). Sepidrood Rasht are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 9 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Qashqai game.) A depressing six defeats in a row for Sepidrood Rasht in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Shahrdari Tabriz.

Sepidrood Rasht play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Fajr Sepasi (placed 2nd). A 1-3 loss hosting Baderan before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sepidrood Rasht as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Sepidrood Rasht have conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Sepidrood Rasht - Mes Rafsanjan 0-0 played earlier this season. Last three meetings between the teams: Mes Rafsanjan won 0, Sepidrood Rasht won 1 and 2 draws. 0 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sepidrood RashtM. Gholami
M. Gholami
4 goals
Sepidrood RashtM. Ferdowsi
M. Ferdowsi
2 goals

Mes Rafsanjan missing players

Sepidrood Rasht missing players

Mes Rafsanjan Sepidrood Rasht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 3 9 17
9 6 2 Won W 0 2 4
6 2 1 Drew D 0 0 3
2 0 0 Lost L 3 7 10
29 17 5 Scored S 1 8 16
14 3 1 Conceded C 6 17 28
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 82%
82% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 89% 76%
47% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 78% 71%
24% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 24%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
53% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 59%
41% 62% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 24%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 35%
 
4.1 5 6.7 Corners For (avg) C F 2.7 3 3.2
5.1 3.4 2.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 4.2 4
2.1 2.1 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.4
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
 
157 71 31 Total Shots T S 27 55 108
76 35 18 Shots on Target S O 11 26 49
33% 37% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 31% 33%
Key stats in Azadegan League this season:
  • Mes Rafsanjan has the most scored goals (17) at home
  • Mes Rafsanjan has the most scored goals (29)
  • Mes Rafsanjan has the most scored goals in the second half (17)
  • Mes Rafsanjan has the the best goal difference (+14) at home
  • Mes Rafsanjan has the the best goal difference (+15)
  • Mes Rafsanjan have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Mes Rafsanjan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mes Rafsanjan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Mes Rafsanjan have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sepidrood Rasht have scored away.
  • Mes Rafsanjan have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Mes Rafsanjan have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Mes Rafsanjan haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sepidrood Rasht has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
  • Sepidrood Rasht has the most conceded goals in the first half (14)
  • Sepidrood Rasht has the most matches over the total-line (12)
  • Sepidrood Rasht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sepidrood Rasht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sepidrood Rasht haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sepidrood Rasht is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 17 9 6 2 29 14 8 6 2 0 17 3 9 3 4 2 12 11 15 33
2 Fajr Sepasi 17 9 6 2 23 10 9 5 4 0 16 5 8 4 2 2 7 5 13 33
3 Oxin Alborz 17 8 9 0 19 9 9 4 5 0 9 3 8 4 4 0 10 6 10 33
4 Navad Urmia 17 9 5 3 16 8 9 7 1 1 11 2 8 2 4 2 5 6 8 32
5 Mes Kerman 17 7 7 3 23 17 9 6 1 2 14 8 8 1 6 1 9 9 6 28
6 Khooshe Talaee Saveh 17 7 5 5 19 15 9 4 4 1 10 5 8 3 1 4 9 10 4 26
7 Aluminium Arak 17 6 8 3 14 10 8 5 2 1 11 5 9 1 6 2 3 5 4 26
8 Damash Gilanian 17 6 7 4 13 12 9 6 3 0 11 1 8 0 4 4 2 11 1 25
9 Baderan 17 7 4 6 19 19 8 4 1 3 10 8 9 3 3 3 9 11 0 25
10 Niroye Zamini 17 6 3 8 17 21 8 5 1 2 8 4 9 1 2 6 9 17 -4 21
11 Qashqai 17 5 5 7 19 19 8 4 1 3 11 8 9 1 4 4 8 11 0 20
12 Persepolis Pakdasht 17 4 7 6 21 22 9 3 5 1 12 6 8 1 2 5 9 16 -1 19
13 Arman Gohar 17 3 9 5 19 23 9 3 5 1 16 14 8 0 4 4 3 9 -4 18
14 Esteghlal Khuzestan 17 3 7 7 16 17 8 2 4 2 10 7 9 1 3 5 6 10 -1 16
15 Malavan 17 4 4 9 15 27 9 3 3 3 12 12 8 1 1 6 3 15 -12 16
16 Sepidrood Rasht 17 4 3 10 16 28 8 2 3 3 8 11 9 2 0 7 8 17 -12 15
17 Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol 17 2 7 8 12 17 8 2 4 2 8 7 9 0 3 6 4 10 -5 13
18 Shahrdari Tabriz 17 1 4 12 10 32 8 0 4 4 5 12 9 1 0 8 5 20 -22 7