It's a new born Persian Gulf Pro League campaign and Nassaji Mazandaran are yearning to get on the pitch here at Vatani Stadium. Fajr Sepasi are coming to town and this looks to be a spellbinding season opening night.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Nassaji Mazandaran form and stats
The season before, Nassaji Mazandaran's league stats were 9 wins, 6 draws and 15 losses, providing 12th place in the Persian Gulf Pro League. From these 30 matches they scored 27 goals and let in 34. Appearing at their own stadium in the previous season Nassaji Mazandaran produced 4-4-7 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 16 conceded.
Fajr Sepasi form and stats
A job perfectly done for Fajr Sepasi last season as they secured promotion from Azadegan League. With a grand total of 16 wins, 12 draws and 6 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 8 were in away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Mazandaran two wins, two draws and Fajr Sepasi four victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Nassaji Mazandaran missing players
Fajr Sepasi missing players
| Nassaji Mazandaran | Fajr Sepasi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 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 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Nassaji Mazandaran | Last season | Fajr Sepasi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 12 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 76% | 79% | ||
| 57% | 47% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 47% | 59% | ||
| 30% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 6% | 9% | ||
| 3% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 3% | ||
| 40% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 38% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 59% | 53% | ||
| 33% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 29% | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.9 | 2.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7.8 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 6.9 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 32% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 44% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aluminium Arak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Fajr Sepasi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Foolad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Gol Gohar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Havadar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Mes Rafsanjan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Padideh Khorasan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Paykan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Persepolis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Sanat Naft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Sepahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Tractor Sazi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Zob Ahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 33 | 67 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 53 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 29 | 65 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 56 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 45 |
| 5 | Gol Gohar | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 45 |
| 6 | Foolad | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 44 |
| 7 | Paykan | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 40 |
| 8 | Mes Rafsanjan | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 39 |
| 9 | Padideh Khorasan | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -4 | 38 |
| 10 | Sanat Naft | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -5 | 37 |
| 11 | Aluminium Arak | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 37 |
| 12 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 18 | -7 | 33 |
| 13 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 31 |
| 14 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -11 | 26 |
| 15 | Saipa | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 26 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 30 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 26 | -33 | 14 |
| 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 | Fajr Sepasi | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 41 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 60 |
| 2 | Havadar | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 60 |
| 3 | Baderan | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 60 |
| 4 | Mes Kerman | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 55 |
| 5 | Shahin Bushehr | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 53 |
| 6 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 35 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 31 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 52 |
| 7 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 45 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 49 |
| 8 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 49 |
| 9 | Arman Gohar | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 47 | 44 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 49 |
| 10 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 48 |
| 11 | Malavan | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 46 |
| 12 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 28 | -5 | 43 |
| 13 | Esteghlal Mollasani | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 27 | -4 | 42 |
| 14 | Qashqai | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 42 |
| 15 | Shahrdari Astara | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 35 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 25 | -8 | 41 |
| 16 | Chooka Talesh | 33 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -12 | 34 |
| 17 | Navad Urmia | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 22 | -22 | 27 |
| 18 | Oxin Alborz | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 74 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 46 | -49 | 18 |