All the facts and stats for the Hazfi Cup clash: Persepolis - Esteghlal

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Competition: Iran Hazfi Cup
Competition: Thu 15.July
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Azadi Stadium (76807 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Persepolis & Esteghlal face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hazfi Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Persepolis form and stats

Persepolis was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Hazfi Cup.

This stadium, Azadi Stadium, has been a fortress for Persepolis in the Persian Gulf Pro League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 12-2-0. Persepolis has a nice streak going on as they have played 17 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Aluminium Arak defeat 171 days ago.

Persepolis are confident in defense, having played 231 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A nice win for Persepolis last time playing, versus Aluminium Arak. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with S. Moghanlou and M. Torabi scoring for the victors.

A 0-0 draw away in the Persian Gulf Pro League before that, with Foolad the opponent.

A decent goal production from Persepolis in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. Persepolis have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.

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Esteghlal form and stats

Esteghlal's mission in Hazfi Cup last season failed in the final.

As the visiting team in Persian Gulf Pro League matches, Esteghlal have produced an overall stat of 6-5-3 so far.

Esteghlal play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Saipa.

Before that, Esteghlal secured a home win against Tractor Sazi with the score 2-1.

Esteghlal are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 14 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Persepolis victories, four draws and two Esteghlal wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

EsteghlalA. Motahari
A. Motahari
7 goals
PersepolisA. Nourollahi
A. Nourollahi
6 goals
EsteghlalM. Ghaedi
M. Ghaedi
6 goals

Persepolis missing players

Esteghlal missing players

Persepolis Esteghlal
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
20 12   Won W   6 14
4 0   Drew D   4 6
1 0   Lost L   3 5
47 22   Scored S   18 36
12 6   Conceded C   11 20
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 88%
60% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 64%
44% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   31% 32%
24% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 16%
12% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
40% 42%   BTTS BTTS   38% 36%
56% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   46% 48%
12% 0%   Failed to Score F T   31% 28%
 
6.3 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.2
2.8 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   2.8 2.9
1.2 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.7
2 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11 10.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 9.8
4.7 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4
40% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Persepolis 27 16 10 1 37 13 14 12 2 0 22 5 13 4 8 1 15 8 24 58
2 Sepahan 27 16 8 3 48 23 14 9 4 1 26 9 13 7 4 2 22 14 25 56
3 Esteghlal 27 14 8 5 31 16 13 8 3 2 16 7 14 6 5 3 15 9 15 50
4 Foolad 27 9 12 6 24 17 14 8 6 0 15 3 13 1 6 6 9 14 7 39
5 Tractor Sazi 27 10 9 8 26 24 14 5 5 4 11 9 13 5 4 4 15 15 2 39
6 Gol Gohar 27 11 5 11 28 29 13 6 3 4 17 16 14 5 2 7 11 13 -1 38
7 Padideh Khorasan 26 10 7 9 26 27 13 7 4 2 16 9 13 3 3 7 10 18 -1 37
8 Aluminium Arak 27 8 13 6 24 28 13 4 7 2 13 15 14 4 6 4 11 13 -4 37
9 Paykan 26 8 11 7 25 26 13 4 7 2 14 12 13 4 4 5 11 14 -1 35
10 Sanat Naft 27 8 9 10 21 25 13 6 4 3 13 9 14 2 5 7 8 16 -4 33
11 Mes Rafsanjan 26 8 7 11 18 26 13 5 2 6 11 11 13 3 5 5 7 15 -8 31
12 Naft Masjed Soleyman 26 6 10 10 17 23 13 5 4 4 14 12 13 1 6 6 3 11 -6 28
13 Nassaji Mazandaran 26 7 5 14 21 28 13 3 4 6 10 13 13 4 1 8 11 15 -7 26
14 Zob Ahan 26 4 11 11 24 32 13 2 7 4 12 15 13 2 4 7 12 17 -8 23
15 Saipa 27 4 11 12 17 28 14 3 5 6 9 13 13 1 6 6 8 15 -11 23
16 Machine Sazi 27 2 8 17 18 40 13 2 5 6 12 16 14 0 3 11 6 24 -22 14