All the facts and stats for the Hazfi Cup clash: Foolad - Malavan

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Competition: Iran Hazfi Cup
Competition: Wed 04.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Shohadaye Foolad Khoozestan

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Foolad & Malavan face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hazfi Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Foolad form and stats

Last season, Foolad's Hazfi Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.

Foolad are steadily winning Persian Gulf Pro League games and points here at Shohadaye Foolad Khoozestan. 9 wins, 6 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 15 games. This match is a Hazfi Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition. The Foolad fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Shohadaye Foolad Khoozestan and will expect new points from this game. Foolad has played 25 games in a row here without a defeat.

The Foolad goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 244 minutes without conceding a goal in the Persian Gulf Pro League.

An away draw last time out for Foolad, facing Padideh Khorasan in a game that ended 0-0.

Before that, Foolad had a Persian Gulf Pro League home game versus Sanat Naft which ended with a victory 2-0.

The Foolad fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 15 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Foolad have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Malavan form and stats

Malavan was sent out of Hazfi Cup in the 16th finals last season.

There's been little loot from Malavan's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 17 away games in the Azadegan League. Malavan only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws. Total Hazfi Cup statistics for Malavan: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

There were no winners in Malavan's previous match, a Hazfi Cup home game that ended 0-0 vs Kheybar Khorramabad.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Baderan.

The attacking power of Malavan when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 17 league matches away. Malavan have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Foolad won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Malavan has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

Top Goalscorers

FooladL. Pereira Mendes
L. Pereira Mendes
5 goals
FooladM. Coulibaly
M. Coulibaly
4 goals
FooladF. Ahmadzadeh Borouki
F. Ahmadzadeh Borouki
4 goals

Foolad missing players

Malavan missing players

Foolad Malavan
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
9 7   Won W   3 10
9 5   Drew D   2 6
7 1   Lost L   7 9
24 15   Scored S   10 21
16 4   Conceded C   15 20
84% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 80%
52% 46%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 44%
20% 8%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 28%
4% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 4%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 4%
32% 23%   BTTS BTTS   33% 24%
48% 69%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 52%
36% 23%   Failed to Score F T   50% 44%
 
4.3 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   2.3 2.7
3.2 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 3.2
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
7 6.5   Shots (avg) S (   5.5 6.3
2.1 2.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.9 1.9
39% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 45%

  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
  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