Perhaps a welcome break from league football as these teams face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hazfi Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Esteghlal form and stats
Last season their Hazfi Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Esteghlal are steadily winning Persian Gulf Pro League games and points here. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.
The Esteghlal crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Machine Sazi here in a Persian Gulf Pro League match. Previous to that game, a Persian Gulf Pro League home match hosting Shahin Bushehr in a game that was won 4-1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Esteghlal as they are travelling to their away game against Foolad in the Persian Gulf Pro League. That match is four days after this one.
Esteghlal can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 16 times. From these home matches, Esteghlal have conceded only 6 goals.
Sepahan form and stats
They also participated in Hazfi Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.3-4-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sepahan in their Persian Gulf Pro League matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Sepahan as they haven't lost any of their last 20 games. Sepahan are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played twelve in a row without losing.
Sepahan won their last game, 5-0 versus Shahin Bushehr played at home. Before that, Sepahan secured a home win against Paykan with the score 2-0.
As mentioned above, Sepahan was the only team on the pitch versus Shahin Bushehr in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
The schedule is very tough for Sepahan now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Persian Gulf Pro League game at Machine Sazi is waiting in only four days.
Sepahan are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. Sepahan are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Esteghlal won 6 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Sepahan has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5Top Goalscorers
  C. Diabaté 8 goals |  M. Ghaedi 8 goals |   Kiros 6 goals |
Esteghlal missing players
Sepahan missing players
| Esteghlal | Sepahan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 48 | 26 | Scored | S | 21 | 41 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 321 | 164 | Total Shots | T S | 114 | 290 | ||
| 129 | 66 | Shots on Target | S O | 42 | 106 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sepahan | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 31 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 29 |
| 4 | Sanat Naft | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 26 |
| 5 | Padideh Khorasan | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Tractor Sazi | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Foolad | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Machine Sazi | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Zob Ahan | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 11 | Paykan | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 13 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Saipa | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 15 | Gol Gohar | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 7 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 20 | -25 | 6 |