Closing in on the top sides is at stake when these two mid-table sides do battle. Both will be trying to better their league table standing, Nassaji Mazandaran in 6th and Foolad in 7th spot.
- Nassaji Mazandaran have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Foolad have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Foolad, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Nassaji Mazandaran and Foolad should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Nassaji Mazandaran form and stats
2-3-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Persian Gulf Pro League numbers at home for Nassaji Mazandaran so far this season.
The Mazandaran goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 310 minutes without conceding a goal in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Nassaji Mazandaran enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Gol Gohar's place. The match ended 1-0 with Abdi scoring.
In the match before that, Nassaji Mazandaran hosted Zob Ahan and drew the game 0-0.A decent goal production from Mazandaran in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. From these home matches, Nassaji Mazandaran have conceded only 3 goals.
Foolad form and stats
Things could have gone better for Foolad in their Persian Gulf Pro League away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right. Sharing is caring, but Foolad are perhaps overdoing it with their four draws in a row.
Foolad's last game was the home draw against Paykan (1-1).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Esteghlal that ended 1-1.Considering a bet on a low-scoring game? 5 league fixtures in a row with this side have had zero, one or two goals.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Foolad's manager Nekounam has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Nassaji Mazandaran-Foolad H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nassaji Mazandaran three wins, Foolad six wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Kalantari 3 goals |   M. Aliyari 3 goals | H. Shiri 2 goals |
Nassaji Mazandaran missing players
Foolad missing players
| Nassaji Mazandaran | Foolad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 78% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 44% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 3.6 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.3 | 3.3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0.9 |
| 3.2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 2.5 | 6.8 |
| 2.2 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 6.8 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 2.5 | 4.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
- Foolad have not yet lost a game.
- Foolad have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Foolad have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Foolad have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nassaji Mazandaran have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nassaji Mazandaran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Nassaji Mazandaran have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Foolad have scored away.
- Nassaji Mazandaran have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Nassaji Mazandaran have the most points (9) at home in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Nassaji Mazandaran have the most scored goals (9) at home in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Nassaji Mazandaran have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Nassaji Mazandaran have won significantly more 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 | Persepolis | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Gol Gohar | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Foolad | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Mes Rafsanjan | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Aluminium Arak | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Havadar | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Zob Ahan | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Paykan | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 13 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -10 | 8 |
| 14 | Mes Kerman | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Malavan | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Sanat Naft | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
