The visiting Esteghlal side should be favourites in this visit to Nassaji Mazandaran, as the away team holds a 7 point advantage from their ten league games this season.
Nassaji Mazandaran form and stats
When playing at home in the Persian Gulf Pro League, Nassaji Mazandaran have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
H. Jafari was the last player to score a league goal for Nassaji Mazandaran and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Nassaji Mazandaran haven't scored in 488 minutes. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 183 minutes.
Nassaji Mazandaran drew their last game, 0-0 away at Naft Masjed Soleyman (placed 8th). Before that, Nassaji Mazandaran drew at home versus Sanat Naft.
The Nassaji Mazandaran fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Esteghlal form and stats
As the visiting team in Persian Gulf Pro League matches, Esteghlal, who have the most scored goals (21) in Persian Gulf Pro League, have produced an overall stat of 2-2-1 so far. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Nassaji Mazandaran. Momentum is building for Esteghlal in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Esteghlal won their last game, 5-0 versus Sanat Naft played at home. Prior to that result Esteghlal won their away game at Tractor Sazi. The scoreline was 4-2.
As mentioned above, Esteghlal was the only team on the pitch versus Sanat Naft in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
Esteghlal have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 11 goals from 5 away matches. As opposed to that, Esteghlal have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 0 Nassaji Mazandaran victories, 1 draw and 2 Esteghlal wins. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Diabaté 4 goals |  M. Ghaedi 4 goals |   A. Shojaei 3 goals |
Nassaji Mazandaran missing players
Esteghlal missing players
| Nassaji Mazandaran | Esteghlal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 70% | 60% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 50% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 30% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 11 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- Esteghlal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Esteghlal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Esteghlal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Padideh Khorasan | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 23 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Persepolis | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Esteghlal | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Foolad | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Sanat Naft | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 8 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Paykan | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Machine Sazi | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Saipa | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Zob Ahan | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Gol Gohar | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -17 | 2 |