Azadegan League preview: Can Saipa edge out victory against Esteghlal Mollasani?

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Competition: Iran Azadegan League
Competition: Thu 05.May
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium (8250 seats)

Saipa have managed 6 home victories so far this season, Esteghlal Mollasani have won 2 away. Which team upgrades their standings after this one?

Insights:
  • Saipa have the most points from losing position (12) in Azadegan League
  • Esteghlal Mollasani have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Saipa form and stats

6-6-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Azadegan League numbers at home for Saipa so far this season. Saipa are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Caspian Qazvin last time out and are looking for a victory here.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Pars Jam Bushehr the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Saipa handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, four draws and one defeat.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Saipa as they are travelling to their away game against Malavan in the Azadegan League. That match is four days after this one.

Saipa has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Saipa have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Esteghlal Mollasani form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Azadegan League travels is 2 wins, 9 draws and 3 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Esteghlal as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.

Esteghlal Mollasani played 1-1 against Mes Shahr-e Babak in their previous match.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Khooshe Talaee Saveh at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Esteghlal are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, five draws and four defeats. From a total of ten matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Caspian Qazvin in just four days.

The attacking power of Esteghlal Mollasani when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 14 league matches away. As opposed to that, Esteghlal Mollasani have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H encounter ended Esteghlal Mollasani - Saipa 2-1, played this season.

Saipa missing players

Esteghlal Mollasani missing players

Saipa Esteghlal Mollasani
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 14 27
7 6 3 Won W 1 2 5
12 6 1 Drew D 1 9 16
8 1 0 Lost L 2 3 6
27 19 10 Scored S 1 11 19
27 11 4 Conceded C 4 15 25
74% 77% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 79% 70%
67% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 57% 48%
41% 46% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 29% 30%
15% 23% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 15%
4% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
52% 62% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 41%
30% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 41%
44% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 36% 48%
 
3.4 3.5 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1.5 3.2
2.9 3.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.5 3.8
1.6 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2.1
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4.5 4.6 5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.5 7.7
2.2 2.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 2.7
52% 50% 71% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 16%
 
4.2 4.5 7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 7
1.9 2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 2.8
Key stats in Azadegan League this season:
  • Esteghlal Mollasani have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Esteghlal Mollasani have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Saipa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Saipa have the most points from losing position (12) in Azadegan League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Malavan 27 16 10 1 32 11 14 11 3 0 21 6 13 5 7 1 11 5 21 58
2 Mes Kerman 27 15 10 2 33 8 14 9 5 0 21 2 13 6 5 2 12 6 25 55
3 Arman Gohar 27 14 7 6 29 17 14 9 4 1 15 5 13 5 3 5 14 12 12 49
4 Kheybar Khorramabad 27 11 10 6 37 27 13 8 3 2 23 14 14 3 7 4 14 13 10 43
5 Esteghlal Khuzestan 28 10 9 9 35 25 15 6 6 3 18 12 13 4 3 6 17 13 10 39
6 Pars Jam Bushehr 27 9 11 7 25 30 13 6 6 1 11 8 14 3 5 6 14 22 -5 38
7 Mes Shahr-e Babak 27 8 13 6 24 19 13 6 5 2 14 8 14 2 8 4 10 11 5 37
8 Shahrdari Astara 27 9 9 9 22 22 13 6 5 2 12 5 14 3 4 7 10 17 0 36
9 Khooshe Talaee Saveh 27 8 11 8 35 30 13 4 6 3 20 12 14 4 5 5 15 18 5 35
10 Shahrdari Hamedan 27 7 14 6 22 18 14 4 8 2 13 9 13 3 6 4 9 9 4 35
11 Qashqai 27 9 7 11 21 23 14 6 3 5 12 8 13 3 4 6 9 15 -2 34
12 Saipa 27 7 12 8 27 27 13 6 6 1 19 11 14 1 6 7 8 16 0 33
13 Caspian Qazvin 27 8 9 10 28 31 13 6 2 5 17 17 14 2 7 5 11 14 -3 33
14 FC Vista Turbine 28 7 11 10 24 27 14 4 8 2 16 10 14 3 3 8 8 17 -3 32
15 Esteghlal Mollasani 27 5 16 6 19 25 13 3 7 3 8 10 14 2 9 3 11 15 -6 31
16 Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol 27 5 13 9 27 29 14 5 6 3 19 12 13 0 7 6 8 17 -2 28
17 Shahin Bushehr 27 1 8 18 10 45 14 1 4 9 7 21 13 0 4 9 3 24 -35 11
18 Machine Sazi 27 1 8 18 22 58 13 0 7 6 13 23 14 1 1 12 9 35 -36 11