National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Mes Rafsanjan or Padideh Khorasan that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Padideh Khorasan, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
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.
Mes Rafsanjan form and stats
Mes Rafsanjan participated in Hazfi Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.4-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Persian Gulf Pro League numbers at home for Mes Rafsanjan so far this season.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Mes Rafsanjan, who played 0-0 against Paykan. That match was also played at this venue
A Persian Gulf Pro League defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Esteghlal.A decent goal production from Mes Rafsanjan in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. Mes Rafsanjan are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.
Padideh Khorasan form and stats
They also participated in Hazfi Cup last season. This ended in the 16th finals.There's been little loot from Padideh Khorasan's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 7 away games in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Padideh Khorasan only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw.
Khorasan are travelling again after losing away to Foolad in their previous match (0-2).
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Persepolis in the Persian Gulf Pro League.Goals are few and far between in Padideh Khorasan's away league games. Only 1 goal from 7 travels. Padideh Khorasan struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's three Rafsanjan victories, zero draws and zero Padideh Khorasan wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Mensha 8 goals | M. Aliyari 3 goals | F. Emamali 2 goals |
Mes Rafsanjan missing players
Padideh Khorasan missing players
| Mes Rafsanjan | Padideh Khorasan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 73% | 60% | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7.1 | 5.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 45% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | ||
| 6.8 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 10.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | Aluminium Arak | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Paykan | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Foolad | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Gol Gohar | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 21 |
| 9 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Sanat Naft | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Zob Ahan | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Havadar | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Fajr Sepasi | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -12 | 11 |
| 16 | Padideh Khorasan | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | -19 | 4 |
