Football betting preview: Esteghlal vs Naft Masjed Soleyman

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Competition: Iran Persian Gulf Pro League
Competition: Tue 20.July
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Azadi Stadium (76807 seats)

Esteghlal greet Naft Masjed Soleyman with expectations of taking all three points. Will they? Read our preview!

Insights:
  • Esteghlal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League

Esteghlal and Naft Masjed Soleyman should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Esteghlal are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Soleyman are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Esteghlal form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Azadi Stadium as Esteghlal have scored 16 goals to get 27 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Persian Gulf Pro League are 8-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Azadi Stadium after three straight home wins.

Esteghlal shared the glory with Persepolis in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Saipa and winning 2-0.

Esteghlal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. From these home matches, Esteghlal have conceded only 7 goals.

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Naft Masjed Soleyman form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Naft Masjed Soleyman so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-6 (win-draw-lose). Recent form does not give Soleyman much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Esteghlal will be a tough nut to crack.

Soleyman's previous game was their home loss versus Zob Ahan (2-3).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Padideh Khorasan's place.

Soleyman are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 13 away games. It's not easy to score on Naft Masjed Soleyman as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Naft Masjed Soleyman - Esteghlal 1-1. Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Esteghlal, two draws and zero wins for Naft Masjed Soleyman. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

EsteghlalA. Motahari
A. Motahari
7 goals
Naft Masjed SoleymanS. Hosseini
S. Hosseini
7 goals
EsteghlalM. Ghaedi
M. Ghaedi
6 goals

Esteghlal missing players

Naft Masjed Soleyman missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Esteghlal Naft Masjed Soleyman
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 13 27
14 8 3 Won W 0 1 6
8 3 0 Drew D 2 6 10
5 2 2 Lost L 2 6 11
31 16 4 Scored S 1 3 19
16 7 3 Conceded C 4 11 26
85% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 62% 78%
63% 62% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 38% 52%
19% 15% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 8% 22%
7% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
30% 23% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 15% 37%
56% 62% 60% Clean Sheets C S 50% 46% 37%
30% 23% 40% Failed to Score F T 75% 77% 48%
 
4.9 5.5 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2 3.1
2.7 2.3 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 9.2 5.9 4.8
1.9 2.2 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 11.6 14.6 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 6.8 6.3
3.6 3.9 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 1.2 1.9
32% 32% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 14% 36%
Key stats in Persian Gulf Pro League this season:
  • Esteghlal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Esteghlal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Naft Masjed Soleyman have scored away.
  • Esteghlal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Persian Gulf Pro League
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have won significantly less corners away then at 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 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 27 10 7 10 26 28 13 7 4 2 16 9 14 3 3 8 10 19 -2 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 27 8 12 7 26 27 13 4 7 2 14 12 14 4 5 5 12 15 -1 36
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 27 8 8 11 19 27 14 5 3 6 12 12 13 3 5 5 7 15 -8 32
12 Nassaji Mazandaran 27 8 5 14 22 28 14 4 4 6 11 13 13 4 1 8 11 15 -6 29
13 Naft Masjed Soleyman 27 6 10 11 19 26 14 5 4 5 16 15 13 1 6 6 3 11 -7 28
14 Zob Ahan 27 5 11 11 27 34 13 2 7 4 12 15 14 3 4 7 15 19 -7 26
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

Table
  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 27 10 7 10 26 28 13 7 4 2 16 9 14 3 3 8 10 19 -2 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 27 8 12 7 26 27 13 4 7 2 14 12 14 4 5 5 12 15 -1 36
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 27 8 8 11 19 27 14 5 3 6 12 12 13 3 5 5 7 15 -8 32
12 Nassaji Mazandaran 27 8 5 14 22 28 14 4 4 6 11 13 13 4 1 8 11 15 -6 29
13 Naft Masjed Soleyman 27 6 10 11 19 26 14 5 4 5 16 15 13 1 6 6 3 11 -7 28
14 Zob Ahan 27 5 11 11 27 34 13 2 7 4 12 15 14 3 4 7 15 19 -7 26
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

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