Season ticket holders at Behnam Mohammadi Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Naft Masjed Soleyman languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Machine Sazi will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
The hosts Naft Masjed Soleyman saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Machine Sazi have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Naft Masjed Soleyman form and stats
The struggle is real here at Behnam Mohammadi Stadium with only 9 points collected from 11 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 1-6-4. Naft Masjed Soleyman has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager A. Marzban and the players.Naft Masjed Soleyman lost their last game at Sepahan after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Saipa with the scoreline 0-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Naft Masjed Soleyman perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Naft Masjed Soleyman as a small favourite), we find one game. Naft Masjed Soleyman has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Naft Masjed Soleyman aren't scoring a lot here at Behnam Mohammadi Stadium with only 6 goals from 11 games. From these home matches, Naft Masjed Soleyman have conceded only 10 goals.
Machine Sazi form and stats
2 wins, 8 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Machine Sazi playing as the away team this season. Machine Sazi are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played ten in a row without losing.Machine Sazi failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Foolad that ended with defeat 0-1. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Pars Jam Bushehr.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 25 similar matches played by Machine Sazi in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Machine Sazi, 13 draws and 6 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Machine Sazi as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
Naft Masjed Soleyman and Machine Sazi have met before this season: Machine Sazi - Naft Masjed Soleyman 1-1. Naft Masjed Soleyman-Machine Sazi H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Naft Masjed Soleyman 5 wins, Machine Sazi 0 wins, 4 draws.Top Goalscorers
 
R. Khaleghifar
4 goals
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E. Sharifat
2 goals
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M. Yousefi
2 goals
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Naft Masjed Soleyman missing players
Machine Sazi missing players
| Playername | Goals | Assist | Starts | % Started |
|---|
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | Machine Sazi | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | Played | 11 | 23 |
| 11 | 6 | Scored | 9 | 16 |
| 23 | 10 | Conceded | 8 | 19 |
| 78% | 73% | Over 0.5 | 73% | 83% |
| 43% | 45% | Over 1.5 | 55% | 52% |
| 22% | 18% | Over 2.5 | 18% | 13% |
| 4% | 9% | Over 3.5 | 9% | 4% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 36% | Both teams to score | 55% | 48% |
| 30% | 36% | Clean Sheet | 45% | 35% |
| 61% | 55% | Failed To Score | 27% | 35% |
- Machine Sazi is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 | D | P |
| 1 | Persepolis | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 48 |
| 2 | Tractor Sazi | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 46 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 46 |
| 4 | Esteghlal | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 23 | 44 |
| 5 | Padideh Khorasan | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 42 |
| 6 | Foolad | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 29 |
| 7 | Saipa | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 28 |
| 8 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Machine Sazi | 23 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 25 |
| 10 | Paykan | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Zob Ahan | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 23 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Sanat Naft | 23 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 21 |
| 14 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 18 |
| 15 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -20 | 16 |
| 16 | Sepidrood Rasht | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -27 | 14 |
