Esteghlal Khuzestan vs Saipa: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Iran Persian Gulf Pro League
Date: Sat 11.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ghadir Stadium (38960 seats)

Esteghlal Khuzestan hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 18 points and a 16th position in the Persian Gulf Pro League table. Visiting Saipa holds 8th place with 35 pts.

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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Esteghlal Khuzestan form and stats

Esteghlal Khuzestan's struggle is real here at Ghadir Stadium with only 10 points collected from 14 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 2-4-8. Esteghlal Khuzestan are slowly digging their own grave here at Ghadir Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in eleven attempts. The last victory here came in the Zob Ahan match.

The fans are hoping that Esteghlal Khuzestan will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the Persian Gulf Pro League game against Esteghlal. In the match before that, Esteghlal Khuzestan hosted Nassaji Mazandaran and drew the game 1-1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Esteghlal Khuzestan here at Ghadir Stadium, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 14 games). Esteghlal Khuzestan's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Saipa form and stats

Saipa have only collected 14 points from their away games after 3-5-6 (14 played).

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Persian Gulf Pro League home defeat versus Padideh Khorasan with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Zob Ahan.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Saipa as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 away games. 17 goals have been conceded by Saipa in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Saipa - Esteghlal Khuzestan 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Esteghlal Khuzestan, 3 draws and 3 wins for Saipa.

Top Goalscorers

V. Kheshtan
5 goals
A. Dashti
4 goals
R. Asadi
4 goals

Esteghlal Khuzestan missing players

Saipa missing players

Esteghlal Khuzestan Saipa
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played 5 14 28
3 2 1 Won 1 3 8
9 4 1 Drew 4 5 11
16 8 2 Lost 0 6 9
18 9 3 Scored 4 11 26
43 18 5 Conceded 3 17 29
89% 93% 100% Over 0.5 60% 79% 75%
68% 64% 50% Over 1.5 40% 57% 54%
32% 29% 25% Over 2.5 20% 43% 39%
14% 7% 25% Over 3.5 20% 14% 14%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 7% 7%
43% 43% 50% BTTS 40% 36% 39%
18% 21% 25% Clean Sheets 60% 36% 43%
50% 43% 25% Failed To Score 40% 50% 43%
 
3.1 3.4 4.5 Corners For (avg) 4.2 4.9 4.6
5.3 4.5 6.8 Corners Against (avg) 4 5 5.1
2.6 2.4 2.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2.2 2.1
6 5 2 Red Cards 2 2 3
Key stats this season:
  • Saipa is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

Esteghlal Khuzestan
All AFC Champions League Hazfi Cup Persian Gulf Pro League
All Home Away
07-03-19 Pe Esteghlal Khuzestan 0 - 1 Paykan
17-03-19 Pe Zob Ahan 2 - 0 Esteghlal Khuzestan
30-03-19 Pe Esteghlal Khuzestan 0 - 3 Tractor Sazi
05-04-19 Pe Pars Jam Bushehr 2 - 1 Esteghlal Khuzestan
11-04-19 Pe Esteghlal Khuzestan 1 - 3 Foolad
18-04-19 Pe Naft Masjed Soleyman 0 - 0 Esteghlal Khuzestan
25-04-19 Pe Esteghlal Khuzestan 1 - 1 Nassaji Mazandaran
01-05-19 Pe Esteghlal 4 - 2 Esteghlal Khuzestan
11-05-19 Pe Esteghlal Khuzestan 16:30 Saipa
16-05-19 Pe Sepahan 16:30 Esteghlal Khuzestan
Saipa
All AFC Champions League Hazfi Cup Persian Gulf Pro League
All Home Away
28-03-19 Pe Saipa 0 - 0 Nassaji Mazandaran
03-04-19 Pe Esteghlal 0 - 0 Saipa
08-04-19 Pe Saipa 3 - 1 Paykan
13-04-19 Pe Persepolis 3 - 2 Saipa
18-04-19 Pe Saipa 2 - 5 Sepahan
25-04-19 Pe Machine Sazi 0 - 0 Saipa
30-04-19 Pe Zob Ahan 0 - 2 Saipa
05-05-19 Pe Saipa 0 - 1 Padideh Khorasan
11-05-19 Pe Esteghlal Khuzestan 16:30 Saipa
16-05-19 Pe Saipa 16:30 Sanat Naft

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Persepolis 28 15 12 1 34 13 14 11 3 0 21 5 14 4 9 1 13 8 21 57
2 Sepahan 28 14 12 2 43 19 14 8 5 1 21 8 14 6 7 1 22 11 24 54
3 Esteghlal 28 15 8 5 38 12 14 8 5 1 18 3 14 7 3 4 20 9 26 53
4 Padideh Khorasan 28 15 7 6 29 14 14 10 2 2 19 5 14 5 5 4 10 9 15 52
5 Tractor Sazi 28 14 8 6 39 22 14 10 2 2 26 8 14 4 6 4 13 14 17 50
6 Foolad 28 9 10 9 27 34 14 4 6 4 15 18 14 5 4 5 12 16 -7 37
7 Zob Ahan 28 8 12 8 23 25 14 2 8 4 11 12 14 6 4 4 12 13 -2 36
8 Saipa 28 8 11 9 26 29 14 5 6 3 15 12 14 3 5 6 11 17 -3 35
9 Sanat Naft 28 6 15 7 28 30 14 4 8 2 15 14 14 2 7 5 13 16 -2 33
10 Paykan 28 8 8 12 26 33 14 4 3 7 13 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 -7 32
11 Nassaji Mazandaran 28 5 15 8 24 28 14 4 8 2 13 9 14 1 7 6 11 19 -4 30
12 Pars Jam Bushehr 28 7 8 13 27 31 14 5 6 3 18 13 14 2 2 10 9 18 -4 29
13 Machine Sazi 28 4 16 8 17 23 14 2 7 5 7 11 14 2 9 3 10 12 -6 28
14 Naft Masjed Soleyman 28 3 12 13 14 31 14 1 9 4 8 12 14 2 3 9 6 19 -17 21
15 Sepidrood Rasht 28 3 11 14 22 48 14 2 5 7 13 27 14 1 6 7 9 21 -26 20
16 Esteghlal Khuzestan 28 3 9 16 18 43 14 2 4 8 9 18 14 1 5 8 9 25 -25 18

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