Nassaji Mazandaran come from a 1-1 scoreline against Padideh Khorasan last game, a match to learn from. Next up is this robust Foolad team.
- Nassaji Mazandaran have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Foolad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both teams have had plenty of rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's trust this will be an animated match!
Nassaji Mazandaran form and stats
When playing at home in the Persian Gulf Pro League, Nassaji Mazandaran have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.
An away draw last time out for Nassaji Mazandaran, facing Padideh Khorasan in a game that ended 1-1.
Before that game, the home loss against Sepahan with the scoreline 1-3.Nassaji Mazandaran's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. When Nassaji Mazandaran hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Havadar, Tractor Sazi, Fajr Sepasi, Naft Masjed Soleyman and Padideh Khorasan), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Foolad form and stats
Playing away, Foolad have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Persian Gulf Pro League this season.
Impressive finishing from Chimba secured the home win 1-0 against Fajr Sepasi in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tractor Sazi at their stadium, the result 2-1.The attacking power of Foolad when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 11 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far). More than 65 percent of these were conceded from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of games.
Head 2 Head
Foolad - Nassaji Mazandaran 1-1 was the outcome when these two teams formerly did battle, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Nassaji Mazandaran three wins, one draw and Foolad five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Eslami 6 goals |  A. Kalantari 4 goals |
Nassaji Mazandaran missing players
Foolad missing players
| Nassaji Mazandaran | Foolad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 25 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 87% | 91% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 82% | 83% |
| 74% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 45% | 52% |
| 26% | 36% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 13% | 27% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 61% | 55% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | 39% |
| 30% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 48% |
| 22% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 30% |
| 2.1 | 1.1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| 5.1 | 2.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5.8 | 6.1 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.7 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 41% | 54% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 24% | 37% |
| 7.3 | 4.9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.7 | 6.6 | 5.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
- Foolad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nassaji Mazandaran have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Nassaji Mazandaran have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nassaji Mazandaran have won significantly less corners at home than 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 | Esteghlal | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 25 | 55 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 49 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 42 |
| 4 | Mes Rafsanjan | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 35 |
| 5 | Foolad | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 35 |
| 6 | Gol Gohar | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 34 |
| 7 | Paykan | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Sanat Naft | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 31 |
| 9 | Zob Ahan | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Aluminium Arak | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 29 |
| 11 | Havadar | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 27 |
| 12 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 23 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 27 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | Fajr Sepasi | 23 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | -14 | 15 |
| 15 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -20 | 14 |
| 16 | Padideh Khorasan | 23 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -21 | 13 |
