1st position in the Persian Gulf Pro League table for Padideh Khorasan so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 8th-placed Sanat Naft visits Imam Reza Stadium.
The visiting Sanat Naft played their last game only four days ago, a Hazfi Cup match. That game was also an away game, at Persepolis. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
It's quite the trip for Sanat Naft when visiting Padideh Khorasan as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.
Padideh Khorasan form and stats
Overall Persian Gulf Pro League stats at home this season for Padideh Khorasan are 4-0-1 (wins-draw-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Imam Reza Stadium after three straight home wins.
The Padideh Khorasan goalkeeper Milad Farahani is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 508 minutes without conceding a goal.
Padideh Khorasan's last game was hosting Gol Gohar (placed 15th) and winning 1-0. Ahead of that match, Padideh Khorasan won a home game hosting Pars Jam Bushehr (1-0).
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Padideh Khorasan have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Padideh Khorasan are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. As for guarding their own goal, Padideh Khorasan have only let in 2 goals at home.
Sanat Naft form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Persian Gulf Pro League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Sanat Naft aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 217 league minutes without a goal. M. Ghoreishi was the last player to find the net.
Sanat Naft play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Persepolis (placed 4th). It was a Persian Gulf Pro League defeat before that one as the away game against Esteghlal wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.
Sanat Naft are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of five matches.
Sanat Naft are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 6 away games. 6 goals have been conceded by Sanat Naft in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: 5 - 2 - 1 (Padideh Khorasan wins - draws - Sanat Naft wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Alekasir 3 goals |   A. Ghaseminejad 2 goals |  H. Mehraban 2 goals |
Padideh Khorasan missing players
Sanat Naft missing players
| Padideh Khorasan | Sanat Naft | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 80% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 17% | 40% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 17% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 10% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 70% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 20% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 40% |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | 46 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 21 | 51 |
| 28 | 19 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 29% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 44% |
- Padideh Khorasan 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.
- Padideh Khorasan have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sanat Naft have scored away.
- Padideh Khorasan haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sanat Naft have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sanat Naft have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sanat Naft 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 | Padideh Khorasan | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 23 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Persepolis | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Foolad | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Sanat Naft | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Machine Sazi | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 10 | Paykan | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Zob Ahan | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 13 | Saipa | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 14 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Gol Gohar | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -17 | 3 |