This match features two teams living in the basement of the Azadegan League, Sepidrood Rasht holding 17th place and Malavan lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
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!
These teams have little in common geographically as Malavan have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sepidrood Rasht form and stats
5-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Azadegan League numbers at home for Sepidrood Rasht so far this season.
The Sepidrood fans got no joy from their last match, a Azadegan League game also here: A 0-1 defeat against Persepolis Pakdasht (placed 9th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Arman Gohar in a game that was won 2-1.
Sepidrood has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Sepidrood Rasht's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Malavan form and stats
There's been little loot from Malavan's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 12 away games in the Azadegan League. Malavan only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.
233 minutes! That's how long the Malavan goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Malavan are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Azadegan League against Baderan (placed 7th). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Navad Urmia.
Goals are few and far between in Malavan's away league games. Only 5 goals from 12 travels. Malavan struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Malavan - Sepidrood 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Sepidrood one win, one draw and Malavan three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Sepidrood Rasht missing players
Malavan missing players
| Sepidrood Rasht | Malavan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 23 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 22 |
| 37 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 32 |
| 85% | 77% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 65% | 54% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 58% | 65% |
| 54% | 46% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 31% |
| 19% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 50% | 54% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 46% |
| 27% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 27% |
| 38% | 31% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 58% | 38% |
| 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 166 | 92 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 70 | 191 |
| 69 | 36 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 19 | 87 |
| 33% | 36% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 26% | 25% |
- Malavan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Malavan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sepidrood Rasht have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Malavan have scored away.
| 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 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 46 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 24 | 54 |
| 2 | Aluminium Arak | 27 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 48 |
| 3 | Mes Kerman | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 47 |
| 4 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 45 |
| 5 | Navad Urmia | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 44 |
| 6 | Oxin Alborz | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 43 |
| 7 | Baderan | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 41 |
| 8 | Fajr Sepasi | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 37 |
| 9 | Persepolis Pakdasht | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 36 |
| 10 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 35 |
| 11 | Damash Gilanian | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 22 | -9 | 32 |
| 12 | Qashqai | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 29 |
| 13 | Arman Gohar | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 22 | -7 | 28 |
| 14 | Niroye Zamini | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -10 | 27 |
| 15 | Malavan | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -10 | 27 |
| 16 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 26 |
| 17 | Sepidrood Rasht | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 23 | -14 | 26 |
| 18 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 27 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 35 | -46 | 10 |