Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Esteghlal & Navad Urmia face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hazfi Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This promises to be an action-packed match with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well rested since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
Esteghlal form and stats
3-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Persian Gulf Pro League numbers at home for Esteghlal so far this season.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 352 minutes.
Esteghlal's last game was hosting Sepahan and winning 1-0.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Paykan.Esteghlal have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Defensively Esteghlal have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (0 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Navad Urmia form and stats
Last season their Hazfi Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.There's been little loot from Navad Urmia's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 17 away games in the Azadegan League. Navad Urmia only have 3 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 2 draws.
The attacking players of Navad have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 328 minutes.
There might be some fixture complaints from Navad as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Azadegan League match against Kheybar Khorramabad (0-3).
A 0-1 loss hosting Esteghlal Khuzestan before that.Navad are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 7 goals from 17 away games. 22 goals have been conceded by Navad in these games.
Head 2 Head
Esteghlal missing players
Navad Urmia missing players
| Esteghlal | Navad Urmia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Scored | S | 7 | 14 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Conceded | C | 16 | 25 | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 52% | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.9 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 29% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 31% | ||
| 6.8 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Esteghlal | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 | Gol Gohar | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Aluminium Arak | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Sepahan | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Persepolis | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Foolad | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 8 | Paykan | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Zob Ahan | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -4 | 11 |
| 10 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Fajr Sepasi | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 9 |
| 12 | Tractor Sazi | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Havadar | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Sanat Naft | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 16 | Padideh Khorasan | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -11 | 2 |
| 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 |