The visiting Padideh Khorasan side should be favourites in this visit to Nassaji Mazandaran, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their 13 league games this season.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nassaji Mazandaran form and stats
The story so far in the Persian Gulf Pro League for Nassaji Mazandaran at their home stadium is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Nassaji Mazandaran lost their last game at Zob Ahan (placed 10th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sepahan that ended 2-2.
Nassaji Mazandaran are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Padideh Khorasan form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Padideh Khorasan's last game was the home draw against Sepahan (1-1). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Esteghlal's place.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Padideh Khorasan defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 6 games).
Head 2 Head
Nassaji Mazandaran-Padideh Khorasan H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Nassaji Mazandaran 2 wins, Padideh Khorasan 2 wins, 1 draw. 1 of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Shojaei 3 goals |  M. Abbaszadeh 3 goals |   Y. Shakeri 3 goals |
Nassaji Mazandaran missing players
Padideh Khorasan missing players
| Nassaji Mazandaran | Padideh Khorasan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 77% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 92% |
| 69% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 33% | 31% |
| 46% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 38% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 46% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 54% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 31% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.2 | 3.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | 46 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 24 | 100 |
| 40 | 20 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 10 | 37 |
| 35% | 45% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 24% |
- Nassaji Mazandaran have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Padideh Khorasan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Padideh Khorasan have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Padideh Khorasan | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Foolad | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Persepolis | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| 6 | Sanat Naft | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Machine Sazi | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Tractor Sazi | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Zob Ahan | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Paykan | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 13 | Saipa | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 14 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Gol Gohar | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 6 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -17 | 5 |