Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Paykan & Qashqai face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hazfi Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Paykan saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Persepolis, was also a home game here at Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Paykan form and stats
Paykan participated in Hazfi Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.Paykan have played 5 Persian Gulf Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Paykan's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Persepolis.
Ahead of that match, Paykan lost 0-3 at home to Esteghlal.Paykan has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 1 goal from 5 games. 5 goals have been conceded.
Qashqai form and stats
They also participated in Hazfi Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.As the visiting team in Azadegan League matches, Qashqai have produced an overall stat of 2-0-3 so far.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Qashqai, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Esteghlal Khuzestan.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs FC Vista Turbine.The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 5 goals have been conceded by Qashqai in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Koushki 2 goals | E. Salehi 2 goals | E. Babaei 1 goals |
Paykan missing players
Qashqai missing players
| Paykan | Qashqai | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 24 | 8 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 18 | Conceded | C | 17 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 3.4 | 2.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 39% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 56% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 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 | 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 |