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Competition: Iran Persian Gulf Pro League
Date: Thu 16.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Azadi Stadium (100000 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Azadi Stadium clash with Sepidrood Rasht, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Persian Gulf Pro League table.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Esteghlal form and stats

Esteghlal, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Persian Gulf Pro League, have performed well here at Azadi Stadium so far this season with 8 wins from 14 matches. Some points have also been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 1. In general it's been a long time since Esteghlal tasted defeat here at Azadi Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games.

The home team returns to Azadi Stadium after sharing the points with Sanat Naft on their last time out; the Persian Gulf Pro League game ended 0-0. In the match before that, Esteghlal hosted Al Duhail and drew the AFC Champions League game 1-1.

The manager F. Majidi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Al Ain in only four days.

The Esteghlal fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 18 in 14 matches. Defensively Esteghlal have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (3 in 14 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sepidrood Rasht form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sepidrood Rasht, who have the most conceded goals (51) in Persian Gulf Pro League, so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-7 (win-draw-lose). Sepidrood Rasht has built quite a streak of draws from their away games now, as four in a row has ended all square. Will this streak be broken in today's game?

Sepidrood Rasht failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Nassaji Mazandaran that ended with defeat 1-3. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Naft Masjed Soleyman that ended 1-1.

The attacking power of Sepidrood Rasht when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored in 14 matches. In the opposite end, Sepidrood Rasht have conceded 21 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Sepidrood Rasht - Esteghlal 0-5, played this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 3 Esteghlal victories, 0 draws and 0 Sepidrood Rasht wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 0 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Bayrami
5 goals
V. Ghafouri
4 goals
M. Tabrizi
4 goals

Esteghlal missing players

Sepidrood Rasht missing players

Esteghlal Sepidrood Rasht
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played 4 14 29
15 8 5 Won 0 1 3
9 5 0 Drew 0 6 11
5 1 0 Lost 4 7 15
38 18 9 Scored 1 9 23
12 3 2 Conceded 8 21 51
72% 64% 100% Over 0.5 100% 93% 90%
38% 36% 40% Over 1.5 75% 71% 72%
34% 29% 20% Over 2.5 50% 36% 48%
17% 7% 20% Over 3.5 0% 14% 31%
7% 7% 20% Over 4.5 0% 0% 7%
17% 7% 20% BTTS 25% 43% 52%
66% 86% 80% Clean Sheets 0% 14% 17%
45% 43% 0% Failed To Score 75% 50% 41%
 
5.7 5.4 6.2 Corners For (avg) 2.2 2.4 3.7
3.1 2.7 1.8 Corners Against (avg) 6.8 5.7 5.6
2.1 2.1 2.6 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.9 2
4 2 1 Red Cards 0 1 3
Key stats this season:
  • Esteghlal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sepidrood Rasht have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sepidrood Rasht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sepidrood Rasht have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Esteghlal
All AFC Champions League Club Friendlies Hazfi Cup Persian Gulf Pro League
All Home Away
08-04-19 ACL Esteghlal 2 - 1 Al Hilal
12-04-19 Pe Sepahan 0 - 1 Esteghlal
17-04-19 Pe Esteghlal 1 - 0 Machine Sazi
23-04-19 ACL Al Hilal 1 - 0 Esteghlal
27-04-19 Pe Padideh Khorasan 1 - 0 Esteghlal
01-05-19 Pe Esteghlal 4 - 2 Esteghlal Khuzestan
06-05-19 ACL Esteghlal 1 - 1 Al Duhail
11-05-19 Pe Sanat Naft 0 - 0 Esteghlal
16-05-19 Pe Esteghlal 17:00 Sepidrood Rasht
20-05-19 ACL Al Ain 18:00 Esteghlal
Sepidrood Rasht
All Azadegan League Hazfi Cup Azadegan League: Group B Persian Gulf Pro League
All Home Away
08-03-19 Pe Sanat Naft 1 - 1 Sepidrood Rasht
16-03-19 Pe Sepidrood Rasht 1 - 3 Persepolis
28-03-19 Pe Sepidrood Rasht 2 - 2 Paykan
04-04-19 Pe Zob Ahan 0 - 0 Sepidrood Rasht
12-04-19 Pe Sepidrood Rasht 3 - 1 Tractor Sazi
19-04-19 Pe Pars Jam Bushehr 2 - 2 Sepidrood Rasht
26-04-19 Pe Sepidrood Rasht 1 - 2 Foolad
03-05-19 Pe Naft Masjed Soleyman 1 - 1 Sepidrood Rasht
11-05-19 Pe Sepidrood Rasht 1 - 3 Nassaji Mazandaran
16-05-19 Pe Esteghlal 17:00 Sepidrood Rasht

  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 29 15 13 1 35 14 15 11 4 0 22 6 14 4 9 1 13 8 21 58
2 Sepahan 29 14 13 2 44 20 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 6 8 1 23 12 24 55
3 Esteghlal 29 15 9 5 38 12 14 8 5 1 18 3 15 7 4 4 20 9 26 54
4 Padideh Khorasan 29 15 8 6 30 15 15 10 3 2 20 6 14 5 5 4 10 9 15 53
5 Tractor Sazi 29 14 9 6 40 23 15 10 3 2 27 9 14 4 6 4 13 14 17 51
6 Zob Ahan 29 9 12 8 26 26 15 3 8 4 14 13 14 6 4 4 12 13 0 39
7 Saipa 29 9 11 9 28 30 14 5 6 3 15 12 15 4 5 6 13 18 -2 38
8 Foolad 29 9 10 10 28 37 14 4 6 4 15 18 15 5 4 6 13 19 -9 37
9 Paykan 29 9 8 12 27 33 15 5 3 7 14 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 -6 35
10 Sanat Naft 29 6 16 7 28 30 15 4 9 2 15 14 14 2 7 5 13 16 -2 34
11 Nassaji Mazandaran 29 6 15 8 27 29 14 4 8 2 13 9 15 2 7 6 14 20 -2 33
12 Pars Jam Bushehr 29 7 9 13 28 32 14 5 6 3 18 13 15 2 3 10 10 19 -4 30
13 Machine Sazi 29 4 17 8 18 24 14 2 7 5 7 11 15 2 10 3 11 13 -6 29
14 Naft Masjed Soleyman 29 3 12 14 14 32 14 1 9 4 8 12 15 2 3 10 6 20 -18 21
15 Sepidrood Rasht 29 3 11 15 23 51 15 2 5 8 14 30 14 1 6 7 9 21 -28 20
16 Esteghlal Khuzestan 29 3 9 17 19 45 15 2 4 9 10 20 14 1 5 8 9 25 -26 18

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