Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nassaji Mazandaran & Malavan face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hazfi Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Azadegan League game only four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Malavan when visiting Nassaji Mazandaran as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.
Nassaji Mazandaran form and stats
Mazandaran participated in Hazfi Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.Nassaji Mazandaran's struggle is real here at Vatani Stadium with only 10 points collected from 11 Persian Gulf Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-5.
Mazandaran are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 186 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by R. Dehghani).
Prior to that, an away loss at Persepolis in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Mazandaran have scored 9 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. 12 goals have been conceded.
Malavan form and stats
Malavan was sent out of Hazfi Cup in the 16th finals last season.The visitors are W3-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Azadegan League.
A 1-2 defeat away at Arman Gohar before that.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Malavan have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Nassaji Mazandaran-Malavan H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Mazandaran two wins, Malavan two wins, zero draws. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  H. Shiri 3 goals | H. Zamehran 2 goals |  A. Kalantari 2 goals |
Nassaji Mazandaran missing players
Malavan missing players
| Nassaji Mazandaran | Malavan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 21 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 32% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.4 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 29% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 44 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Gol Gohar | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Aluminium Arak | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 29 |
| 6 | Mes Rafsanjan | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Foolad | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | Tractor Sazi | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Paykan | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 26 |
| 10 | Sanat Naft | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Padideh Khorasan | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 25 |
| 12 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Zob Ahan | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 14 | Saipa | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 20 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -18 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mes Kerman | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 41 |
| 2 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 37 |
| 3 | Baderan | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Fajr Sepasi | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Shahin Bushehr | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Havadar | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Malavan | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 31 |
| 8 | Shahrdari Astara | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 31 |
| 9 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 |
| 10 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 11 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | Arman Gohar | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 24 |
| 14 | Esteghlal Mollasani | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 15 | Qashqai | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 16 | Chooka Talesh | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 20 |
| 17 | Navad Urmia | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 18 |
| 18 | Oxin Alborz | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 22 | -17 | 15 |