Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Padideh Khorasan & Esteghlal Mollasani face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hazfi Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are busy days for the host team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Persian Gulf Pro League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sanat Naft.
Padideh Khorasan form and stats
Last season their Hazfi Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.The story so far in the Persian Gulf Pro League for Padideh Khorasan at their home stadium (Samen Al-Aeme Stadium) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Padideh Khorasan will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Persian Gulf Pro League game against Sanat Naft. The defeat against Sanat Naft was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored eight minutes into stoppage time (by Bozorg).
Preceding that match was the home Persian Gulf Pro League game against Gol Gohar that was lost 1-2.Khorasan have scored 2 goals here in 5 league matches, a depressing statistic. 5 goals have been conceded.
Esteghlal Mollasani form and stats
Esteghlal's mission in Hazfi Cup last season failed in the 16th finals.0-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Esteghlal Mollasani in their Azadegan League matches away.
Esteghlal Mollasani are looking to quickly end their 217 minutes long goal drought in the Azadegan League.
Esteghlal are travelling again after losing away to Mes Shahr-e Babak in their previous match (0-1).
The game before that, in the Azadegan League, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Khooshe Talaee Saveh.Goals are few and far between in Esteghlal's away league games. Only 2 goals from 5 travels. Esteghlal have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Padideh Khorasan missing players
Esteghlal Mollasani missing players
| Padideh Khorasan | Esteghlal Mollasani | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Scored | S | 14 | 27 | ||
| 27 | 9 | Conceded | C | 21 | 34 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4 | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | ||
| 9.2 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 7.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 | Gol Gohar | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Aluminium Arak | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Sepahan | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Persepolis | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Foolad | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 8 | Paykan | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Zob Ahan | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -4 | 11 |
| 10 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Fajr Sepasi | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 9 |
| 12 | Tractor Sazi | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Havadar | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Sanat Naft | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 16 | Padideh Khorasan | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -11 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Malavan | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| 2 | Qashqai | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Arman Gohar | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Mes Shahr-e Babak | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Shahrdari Hamedan | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 | Mes Kerman | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Shahrdari Astara | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | FC Vista Turbine | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Saipa | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Caspian Qazvin | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Esteghlal Mollasani | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 17 | Shahin Bushehr | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 18 | Machine Sazi | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -18 | 2 |