Azadegan League preview: Can Saipa edge out victory against Mes Kerman?

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Competition: Iran Azadegan League
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 11:15 (UTC)
Venue: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium (8250 seats)

This could be yet another engrossing skirmish at Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium in the Azadegan League. Saipa is in 13th place and welcome Mes Kerman in 6th position. Learn more about the fixture here!

Saipa and Mes Kerman 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.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Mes Kerman, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

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Saipa form and stats

A Azadegan League draw at home so far for Saipa. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from 15 matches.

Saipa faced defeat in their previous match, away at Qashqai (0-1).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Esteghlal Khuzestan.

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

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Saipa at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Mes Kerman form and stats

Let's have a look at how Mes Kerman performed last season in the Azadegan League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 7 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 23 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 7 and lost 5 with 10/9 goals scored/conceded.

195 minutes! That's how long the Mes Kerman goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Kerman had fun at their own home (Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium) last time out, beating Mes Shahr-e Babak 1-0.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Esteghlal Khuzestan.

Mes Kerman 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, two draws and zero defeats. From a total of three matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Saipa victories, three draws and four Mes Kerman wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

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Saipa Mes Kerman
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
50% 100% 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%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
3 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
4 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 4 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
1 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Saipa Last season Mes Kerman
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   17 34
5 4   Won W   5 16
11 5   Drew D   7 7
14 6   Lost L   5 11
19 10   Scored S   10 32
34 13   Conceded C   9 23
87% 73%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   76% 88%
50% 47%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   29% 41%
27% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   6% 15%
7% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 9%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
43% 40%   BTTS BTTS   24% 21%
23% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   53% 53%
47% 47%   Failed to Score F T   47% 38%
 
4.5 5   Corners for (avg) C F   2.8 3.2
3.8 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.1 3
2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.8
2 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
6.2 6.5   Shots (avg) S (   5.9 7.2
2.4 2.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.2 2.3
28% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 40%

  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 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
2 Qashqai 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Shahrdari Hamedan 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 4
4 Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
5 Malavan 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
6 Mes Kerman 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Khooshe Talaee Saveh 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Shahrdari Astara 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Arman Gohar 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
10 Esteghlal Khuzestan 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
11 Esteghlal Mollasani 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Baderan 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Saipa 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
14 FC Vista Turbine 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
15 Mes Shahr-e Babak 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Shahin Bushehr 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
17 Pars Jam Bushehr 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Machine Sazi 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -6 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 Persepolis 30 19 10 1 47 14 15 13 2 0 25 6 15 6 8 1 22 8 33 67
2 Sepahan 30 19 8 3 53 24 15 10 4 1 28 9 15 9 4 2 25 15 29 65
3 Esteghlal 30 16 8 6 36 19 15 9 3 3 18 9 15 7 5 3 18 10 17 56
4 Tractor Sazi 30 12 9 9 35 29 15 6 5 4 16 10 15 6 4 5 19 19 6 45
5 Gol Gohar 30 13 6 11 33 32 15 7 4 4 20 18 15 6 2 7 13 14 1 45
6 Foolad 30 10 14 6 27 18 15 9 6 0 17 3 15 1 8 6 10 15 9 44
7 Paykan 30 9 13 8 32 30 15 4 8 3 15 15 15 5 5 5 17 15 2 40
8 Mes Rafsanjan 30 10 9 11 23 29 15 6 3 6 14 13 15 4 6 5 9 16 -6 39
9 Padideh Khorasan 30 10 8 12 27 31 15 7 5 3 16 10 15 3 3 9 11 21 -4 38
10 Sanat Naft 30 9 10 11 24 29 15 7 5 3 16 11 15 2 5 8 8 18 -5 37
11 Aluminium Arak 30 8 13 9 25 33 15 4 7 4 14 19 15 4 6 5 11 14 -8 37
12 Nassaji Mazandaran 30 9 6 15 27 34 15 4 4 7 12 16 15 5 2 8 15 18 -7 33
13 Naft Masjed Soleyman 30 7 10 13 21 29 15 5 4 6 17 17 15 2 6 7 4 12 -8 31
14 Zob Ahan 30 5 11 14 28 39 15 2 7 6 13 18 15 3 4 8 15 21 -11 26
15 Saipa 30 5 11 14 19 34 15 4 5 6 10 13 15 1 6 8 9 21 -15 26
16 Machine Sazi 30 2 8 20 19 52 15 2 5 8 12 26 15 0 3 12 7 26 -33 14
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 Fajr Sepasi 34 16 12 6 41 21 17 8 7 2 23 11 17 8 5 4 18 10 20 60
2 Havadar 34 17 9 8 42 26 17 12 1 4 27 13 17 5 8 4 15 13 16 60
3 Baderan 34 18 6 10 41 28 17 10 4 3 20 11 17 8 2 7 21 17 13 60
4 Mes Kerman 34 16 7 11 32 23 17 11 0 6 22 14 17 5 7 5 10 9 9 55
5 Shahin Bushehr 34 13 14 7 27 20 17 6 9 2 13 9 17 7 5 5 14 11 7 53
6 Esteghlal Khuzestan 35 13 13 9 31 23 17 6 9 2 17 9 18 7 4 7 14 14 8 52
7 Kheybar Khorramabad 34 12 13 9 45 26 17 8 4 5 29 14 17 4 9 4 16 12 19 49
8 Khooshe Talaee Saveh 34 12 13 9 34 27 17 9 6 2 24 11 17 3 7 7 10 16 7 49
9 Arman Gohar 34 14 7 13 47 44 17 11 4 2 30 16 17 3 3 11 17 28 3 49
10 Pars Jam Bushehr 34 13 9 12 38 34 17 11 3 3 26 15 17 2 6 9 12 19 4 48
11 Malavan 34 12 10 12 30 30 17 8 6 3 14 8 17 4 4 9 16 22 0 46
12 Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol 34 11 10 13 33 38 17 8 6 3 16 10 17 3 4 10 17 28 -5 43
13 Esteghlal Mollasani 34 10 12 12 39 43 17 6 8 3 17 16 17 4 4 9 22 27 -4 42
14 Qashqai 34 10 12 12 29 35 17 6 6 5 12 12 17 4 6 7 17 23 -6 42
15 Shahrdari Astara 34 12 5 17 35 43 17 10 2 5 26 18 17 2 3 12 9 25 -8 41
16 Chooka Talesh 33 7 13 13 29 41 17 7 4 6 22 24 16 0 9 7 7 17 -12 34
17 Navad Urmia 34 6 9 19 14 36 17 3 7 7 7 14 17 3 2 12 7 22 -22 27
18 Oxin Alborz 34 4 6 24 25 74 17 4 4 9 14 28 17 0 2 15 11 46 -49 18