Struggling Machine Sazi will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Esteghlal in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Machine Sazi have the most conceded goals (25) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Esteghlal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Machine Sazi form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Persian Gulf Pro League this season. Machine Sazi, who have the most conceded goals (25) in Persian Gulf Pro League, have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Bonyan Diesel Stadium.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Zob Ahan (0-2).
Machine aren't scoring a lot here at Bonyan Diesel Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. 9 goals have been conceded.
Esteghlal form and stats
3-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Esteghlal in their Persian Gulf Pro League matches away.
Before that, Esteghlal secured a home win against Foolad with the score 1-0.
Esteghlal find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Esteghlal are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Esteghlal - Machine Sazi 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Machine two wins, four draws and Esteghlal four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Babaei Alibeyk 6 goals |  V. Ghafouri 4 goals | M. Ghaedi 4 goals |
Machine Sazi missing players
Esteghlal missing players
| Machine Sazi | Esteghlal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| 25 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 78% | 88% |
| 53% | 38% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 78% | 65% |
| 29% | 12% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 24% |
| 18% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 12% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 41% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 56% | 41% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 47% |
| 53% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.4 | 7.3 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.1 | 10.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 31% | 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 37% | 36% |
- Esteghlal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Machine Sazi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Machine Sazi have the fewest points (6) at home in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Machine Sazi have the most conceded goals (25) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Machine Sazi have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Machine Sazi haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Foolad | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Sanat Naft | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Mes Rafsanjan | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 24 |
| 8 | Gol Gohar | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 23 |
| 9 | Aluminium Arak | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 23 |
| 10 | Padideh Khorasan | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Paykan | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 12 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 20 |
| 13 | Saipa | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Zob Ahan | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 9 |