Esteghlal perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Naft Masjed Soleyman can look both up and down from their 7th position.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the AFC Champions League. That game was an away game at Al Rayyan, so at least Esteghlal are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Esteghlal form and stats
Esteghlal, who have the most scored goals (33) in Persian Gulf Pro League, have performed here at Azadi Stadium this season with 5 wins from 8 Persian Gulf Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2.
Happy days for Esteghlal in their previous game, a AFC Champions League match away at Al Rayyan that ended with a 5-0 victory. Before that, Esteghlal had a home game versus Al Kuwait which ended with a victory 3-0.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Esteghlal played a great game against Al Rayyan and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Esteghlal's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won zero matches, drawn one and lost zero.
Esteghlal can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 16 times. Esteghlal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Azadi Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Naft Masjed Soleyman form and stats
As the visiting team in Persian Gulf Pro League matches, Naft Masjed Soleyman have produced an overall stat of 2-5-1 so far.
O. Singh and A. Alizadeh scored in Naft Masjed Soleyman's previous match, the home game against Sanat Naft that ended 2-0. Before that, Naft Masjed Soleyman secured a home win against Shahin Bushehr with the score 3-2.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Naft Masjed Soleyman when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing zero times, drawing one and winning one game.
The attacking power of Naft Masjed Soleyman when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Naft Masjed Soleyman are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Esteghlal and Naft Masjed Soleyman have met before this season: Naft Masjed Soleyman - Esteghlal 1-1. Last six meetings between the teams: Esteghlal won five, Naft Masjed Soleyman won zero and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Diabaté 8 goals |  M. Ghaedi 8 goals |  M. Daneshgar 3 goals |
Esteghlal missing players
Naft Masjed Soleyman missing players
| Esteghlal | Naft Masjed Soleyman | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 62% | 59% |
| 81% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 38% | 41% |
| 62% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 62% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 35% |
| 25% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 59% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 5.7 | 7.1 | 8.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 2 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 174 | 89 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 43 | 72 |
| 76 | 35 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 41% | 40% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 43% | 41% |
- Esteghlal has the fewest matches under the total-line (6)
- Esteghlal has the most dropped points from leading position (13)
- Esteghlal has the most matches over the total-line (10)
- Esteghlal has the most scored goals (33)
- Esteghlal has the most scored goals in the second half (19)
- Esteghlal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Esteghlal have scored more than double the goals of Naft Masjed Soleyman.
- Esteghlal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Esteghlal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Esteghlal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Naft Masjed Soleyman has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- Naft Masjed Soleyman has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
- Naft Masjed Soleyman has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- Naft Masjed Soleyman has the most matches under the total-line (15)
- Naft Masjed Soleyman has the most points from losing position (10)
- Naft Masjed Soleyman have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 35 |
| 3 | Tractor Sazi | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 33 |
| 4 | Sanat Naft | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 30 |
| 5 | Esteghlal | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 29 |
| 6 | Padideh Khorasan | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Foolad | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Machine Sazi | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Saipa | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 12 | Zob Ahan | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 13 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | Paykan | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 15 | Gol Gohar | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -23 | 10 |