Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nassaji Mazandaran & Gol Gohar face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hazfi Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Gol Gohar, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nassaji Mazandaran and Gol Gohar.
Nassaji Mazandaran form and stats
Mazandaran was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Hazfi Cup.Nassaji Mazandaran have played 7 Persian Gulf Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Tractor Sazi on their last time out; the Persian Gulf Pro League game ended 1-1.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Zob Ahan.Nassaji Mazandaran has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Nassaji Mazandaran have conceded only 6 goals.
Gol Gohar form and stats
They also participated in Hazfi Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.Playing away, Gol Gohar have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the Persian Gulf Pro League this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Gohar goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 324 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Zob Ahan in their previous outing. The Persian Gulf Pro League match ended in a draw 0-0.
Before that, Gol Gohar secured a home win against Havadar with the score 1-0.The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Gol Gohar are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - six - three (Nassaji Mazandaran wins - draws - Gol Gohar wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Eslami 4 goals |  S. Sadeghi 4 goals | H. Najafi 3 goals |
Nassaji Mazandaran missing players
Gol Gohar missing players
| Nassaji Mazandaran | Gol Gohar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Scored | S | 10 | 30 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 36% | ||
| 2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 5 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6.2 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 7.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 44% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 43% | ||
| 7.5 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 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 |
