Season ticket holders at Bonyan Diesel Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Machine Sazi languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Foolad will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Machine Sazi has the fewest scored goals (6) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Foolad have yet to win a game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Foolad, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
Machine Sazi form and stats
0 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Machine Sazi, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in Persian Gulf Pro League, have to build on here at Bonyan Diesel Stadium in the Persian Gulf Pro League. All in all it has been a very rough period for Machine who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Padideh Khorasan, 78 days ago.
Machine travelled for their previous game, a trip to Nassaji Mazandaran that ended 1-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Mes Rafsanjan.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Machine Sazi here at Bonyan Diesel Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). Machine have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Foolad form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Foolad so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-2 (win-draw-lose).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sepahan.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Foolad have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - five - four (Machine wins - draws - Foolad wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Babaei Alibeyk 4 goals |   L. Pereira Mendes 3 goals | M. Coulibaly 2 goals |
Machine Sazi missing players
Foolad missing players
| Machine Sazi | Foolad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 82% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 36% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 17% | 9% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 55% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.1 | 7.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 33% | 38% |
- Foolad have yet to win a game away.
- Machine Sazi has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Machine Sazi has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Machine Sazi has the fewest points (2) at home in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Machine Sazi has the fewest scored goals (6) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Machine Sazi has the most conceded goals (17) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Machine Sazi has the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Machine Sazi has the the worst goal difference (-11) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Machine Sazi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Machine Sazi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Machine Sazi have yet to win a game.
- 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 | Esteghlal | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Sanat Naft | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Paykan | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 7 | Persepolis | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Gol Gohar | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | Foolad | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | Mes Rafsanjan | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Padideh Khorasan | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Saipa | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Aluminium Arak | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 14 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 15 | Zob Ahan | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 4 |