The season is still fairly new and the Persian Gulf Pro League table has to be read with caution. So far Paykan find themselves in 9th position and Esteghlal are placed 2nd.
Insights:
- Paykan has the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Persian Gulf Pro League
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!
Paykan form and stats
Paykan have only played one Persian Gulf Pro League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 15 matches.
Paykan shared the glory with Zob Ahan in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Padideh Khorasan in a game that was won 1-0.
Paykan has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Esteghlal form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Persian Gulf Pro League ended in defeat. Last season Esteghlal had these away match statistics: Played 15; won 6, drew 6 and lost 3.
Impressive finishing from H. Milić secured the home win 1-0 against Machine Sazi in their previous game. A 1-2 defeat away at Foolad before that.
It's early days yet, but Esteghlal has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - five - five (Paykan wins - draws - Esteghlal wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Ghafouri 2 goals |  A. Ghaderi 1 goals | H. Haghverdi 1 goals |
Paykan missing players
Esteghlal missing players
| Paykan | Esteghlal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 11.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 44% |
- Paykan has the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Persian Gulf Pro League
| Paykan | Last season | Esteghlal | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 38 | 22 | Scored | S | 30 | 55 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 83% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 70% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 83% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | ||
| 37% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 33% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 13% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 23% | ||
| 30% | 20% | 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 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 10.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 45% | 53% | 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Foolad | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Saipa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Persepolis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Padideh Khorasan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Paykan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Sanat Naft | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Zob Ahan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Machine Sazi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 15 | Aluminium Arak | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Mes Rafsanjan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 29 | 67 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 55 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 24 | 53 |
| 3 | Foolad | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 51 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 50 |
| 5 | Sepahan | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 39 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 49 |
| 6 | Padideh Khorasan | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 46 |
| 7 | Sanat Naft | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 41 |
| 8 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 30 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 38 |
| 9 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -2 | 38 |
| 10 | Gol Gohar | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 33 |
| 11 | Machine Sazi | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 24 | -12 | 31 |
| 12 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 19 | -8 | 30 |
| 13 | Paykan | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -6 | 29 |
| 14 | Saipa | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -11 | 29 |
| 15 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 30 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 27 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 30 | -31 | 22 |