Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Tractor Sazi & Mes Rafsanjan face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hazfi Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Mes Rafsanjan have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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.
Tractor Sazi form and stats
Tractor was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Hazfi Cup.Tractor Sazi have collected 6 points from their Persian Gulf Pro League home games so far after 2-0-2.
A nice win for Tractor Sazi last time playing, versus Naft Masjed Soleyman. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Mes Rafsanjan (2-3).There will be little rest for Tractor after this match as they are travelling to Havadar for a Persian Gulf Pro League game in only four days.
The Tractor fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Tractor's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mes Rafsanjan form and stats
Rafsanjan was sent out of Hazfi Cup in the 16th finals last season.2-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Mes Rafsanjan in their Persian Gulf Pro League matches away.
Mes Rafsanjan are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Fajr Sepasi.
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Tractor Sazi in the Persian Gulf Pro League.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Nassaji Mazandaran in just four days.
Rafsanjan are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). Rafsanjan have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous five meetings between these sides: Tractor won two, Mes Rafsanjan triumphed in one and we saw two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Mensha 6 goals |  P. Babaei Alibeyk 3 goals | M. Abbaszadeh 2 goals |
Tractor Sazi missing players
Mes Rafsanjan missing players
| Tractor Sazi | Mes Rafsanjan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Scored | S | 9 | 23 | ||
| 27 | 6 | Conceded | C | 16 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 40% | ||
| 2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.6 | 6.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.1 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 56% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| 8.4 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 7.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 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 |