Perhaps a welcome break from league football as these teams 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 Persian Gulf Pro League game only four days ago. That game, against Pars Jam Bushehr, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Persepolis.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Shahrdari Mahshahr form and stats
Shahrdari Mahshahr was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Hazfi Cup.When playing at home in the Azadegan League, Shahrdari Mahshahr have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 15 games.
Shahrdari Mahshahr's last game was hosting Esteghlal Novin Mahshahr and winning 2-1. Before that match, a Hazfi Cup win away at Sardar Bukan.
Shahrdari Mahshahr aren't scoring a lot here at Shohada Mahshahr in the league, with only 10 goals from 15 games. Shahrdari Mahshahr are not conceding a lot of goals here at Shohada Mahshahr in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.
Persepolis form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Persepolis, as they won the Hazfi Cup.Persepolis's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Persepolis collect 18 points from their 8 away matches in the Persian Gulf Pro League. 6 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). The fact that Persepolis have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Persepolis has been amazing away for a time now, winning five in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Padideh Khorasan.
The Persepolis goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 430 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Persepolis play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Pars Jam Bushehr. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Saipa.
A new game in only four days for Persepolis, the Persian Gulf Pro League home match versus Tractor Sazi. Busy days.
Persepolis are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. The Persepolis defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 8 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Torabi 7 goals |  A. Alipour 4 goals |  V. Amiri 2 goals |
Shahrdari Mahshahr missing players
Persepolis missing players
| Shahrdari Mahshahr | Persepolis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 10 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Scored | S | 18 | 28 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 7% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 71% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 28% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 248 | 129 | Total Shots | T S | 151 | 261 | ||
| 73 | 31 | Shots on Target | S O | 53 | 91 | ||
| 27% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gol Gohar | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 47 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 58 |
| 2 | Shahin Bushehr | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 54 |
| 3 | Oxin Alborz | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 48 |
| 4 | Aluminium Arak | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 48 |
| 5 | Mes Kerman | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 38 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 47 |
| 6 | Baderan | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 43 |
| 7 | Qashqai | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 42 |
| 8 | Malavan | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 41 |
| 9 | Persepolis Pakdasht | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 39 |
| 10 | Fajr Sepasi | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 38 |
| 11 | Mes Rafsanjan | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -2 | 36 |
| 12 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 31 |
| 13 | Navad Urmia | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 22 | -17 | 31 |
| 14 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 31 | -18 | 28 |
| 15 | Arvand Khorramshahr | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -19 | 28 |
| 16 | Shahrdari Mahshahr | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -15 | 25 |
| 17 | Sorkhpooshan Pakdasht | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | Siah Jamegan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 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 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 31 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 29 |
| 4 | Sanat Naft | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 26 |
| 5 | Padideh Khorasan | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Tractor Sazi | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Foolad | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Machine Sazi | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Zob Ahan | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 11 | Paykan | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 13 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Saipa | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 15 | Gol Gohar | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 7 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 20 | -25 | 6 |