Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Naft Masjed Soleyman in 9th and Paykan in 8th place.
- Naft Masjed Soleyman have not yet lost a game at home.
- Paykan has the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Persian Gulf Pro League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Naft Masjed Soleyman form and stats
Naft Masjed Soleyman have collected 8 points from their Persian Gulf Pro League home games so far after 2-2-0. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Behnam Mohammadi Stadium.
Naft Masjed Soleyman's last game was hosting Foolad (placed 6th) and winning 1-0. Heartbreak before that as Soleyman lost 0-2 at Mes Rafsanjan's place.
Some amazing scenes last match, when N. Entezari scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.
Soleyman are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. As for guarding their own goal, Soleyman have only let in 2 goals at home.
Paykan form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Persian Gulf Pro League travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Tractor Sazi wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.
Paykan find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Paykan have conceded 7 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Naft Masjed Soleyman-Paykan H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Naft Masjed Soleyman four wins, Paykan two wins, four draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Jafari 1 goals |  A. Ghaderi 1 goals | H. Haghverdi 1 goals |
Naft Masjed Soleyman missing players
Paykan missing players
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | Paykan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 62% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 38% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 62% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 57% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.7 | 8 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.3 | 5.8 |
| 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 31% | 36% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
- All of Paykan's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Naft Masjed Soleyman have not yet lost a game at home.
- Naft Masjed Soleyman have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Naft Masjed Soleyman have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Paykan has the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Paykan have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Paykan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Paykan have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Paykan haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gol Gohar | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Sanat Naft | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Esteghlal | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Foolad | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Aluminium Arak | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Paykan | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Saipa | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Persepolis | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 12 | Padideh Khorasan | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Mes Rafsanjan | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Zob Ahan | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 2 |