It's still early in the Persian Gulf Pro League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Naft Masjed Soleyman - Sepahan preview!
- Sepahan has the most scored goals in the first half (3) in Persian Gulf Pro League
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Naft Masjed Soleyman form and stats
Two Persian Gulf Pro League home games so far for Naft Masjed Soleyman, who are yet to win here at Behnam Mohammadi Stadium. Only 2 points so far. Soleyman have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Soleyman haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 231 minutes ago. S. Hosseini scored that one.
Soleyman faced defeat in their previous match, away at Nassaji Mazandaran (0-1). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Persepolis that ended 0-0.
Early season league goal statistics from Naft Masjed Soleyman's 2 home games: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Sepahan form and stats
Things could have gone better for Sepahan in their Persian Gulf Pro League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Sepahan delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Saipa (placed 8th) in their previous match; a Persian Gulf Pro League game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Tractor Sazi with the score of 1-0.
It's early days yet, but Sepahan has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: zero - two - four (Soleyman wins - draws - Sepahan wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Shahbazzadeh 2 goals | S. Hosseini 1 goals |
Naft Masjed Soleyman missing players
Sepahan missing players
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | Sepahan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.2 | 6 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 17% | 25% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 31% |
- Sepahan has the most scored goals in the first half (3) in Persian Gulf Pro League
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | Last season | Sepahan | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 29 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Drew | D | 9 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Scored | S | 17 | 39 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 19 | ||
| 67% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 79% | ||
| 47% | 47% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 69% | ||
| 23% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 10% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 14% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 43% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 38% | ||
| 50% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 59% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 10.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 42% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Esteghlal | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Sanat Naft | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Sepahan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Foolad | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Saipa | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Paykan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Tractor Sazi | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Padideh Khorasan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Zob Ahan | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Aluminium Arak | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 2 |
| 15 | Machine Sazi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Mes Rafsanjan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 29 | 67 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 55 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 24 | 53 |
| 3 | Foolad | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 51 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 50 |
| 5 | Sepahan | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 39 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 49 |
| 6 | Padideh Khorasan | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 46 |
| 7 | Sanat Naft | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 41 |
| 8 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 30 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 38 |
| 9 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -2 | 38 |
| 10 | Gol Gohar | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 33 |
| 11 | Machine Sazi | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 24 | -12 | 31 |
| 12 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 19 | -8 | 30 |
| 13 | Paykan | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -6 | 29 |
| 14 | Saipa | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -11 | 29 |
| 15 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 30 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 27 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 30 | -31 | 22 |