The Padideh Khorasan manager S. Rahmati Oskouei attacks this game with the team placed 7th so far. In the visitors dressing room Esteghlal and their manager M. Namjou Motlagh are in 3rd place before this match.
- Padideh Khorasan have not yet lost a game at home.
- Esteghlal have yet to win a game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Esteghlal, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Padideh Khorasan form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Padideh Khorasan's two home games in the Persian Gulf Pro League so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Samen Al-Aeme Stadium.
Happy days for Padideh Khorasan in their previous game, a Persian Gulf Pro League match away at Zob Ahan (placed 14th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Persepolis.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Padideh Khorasan at home in the league. 4 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Esteghlal form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Persian Gulf Pro League for Esteghlal with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Esteghlal's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sanat Naft that finished 1-1. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Paykan that ended 0-0.
Esteghlal have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Khorasan two wins, five draws and Esteghlal three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ghaseminejad 4 goals |  V. Ghafouri 2 goals | H. Jafari 1 goals |
Padideh Khorasan missing players
Esteghlal missing players
| Padideh Khorasan | Esteghlal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.5 | 10.5 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 25% | 36% |
- All of Padideh Khorasan's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Esteghlal have yet to win a game away.
- Padideh Khorasan have not yet lost a game at home.
- Padideh Khorasan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Padideh Khorasan | Last season | Esteghlal | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 30 | 55 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 83% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 50% | 47% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 83% | ||
| 27% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 33% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 13% | ||
| 40% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | ||
| 43% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 23% | ||
| 33% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 13% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.4 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 26% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gol Gohar | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Paykan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Sanat Naft | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Padideh Khorasan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Foolad | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Saipa | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Sepahan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Tractor Sazi | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Aluminium Arak | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Zob Ahan | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Mes Rafsanjan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 2 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 1 |