Persian Gulf Pro League match preview: Paykan believed to be the weaker party when Sepahan pays a visit

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Competition: Iran Persian Gulf Pro League
Competition: Tue 29.Aug
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium (8250 seats)

Paykan are ready to fight against Sepahan in this Persian Gulf Pro League game. All you must know about the game can be found right here!

Insights:
  • Paykan have the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Persian Gulf Pro League
  • Sepahan have the most scored goals (6) in Persian Gulf Pro League

Paykan and Sepahan 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.

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Paykan form and stats

A Persian Gulf Pro League draw at home so far for Paykan. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats from 15 matches.

Paykan travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sanat Naft that ended 1-1.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Gol Gohar that ended 0-0.

Early season league goal statistics from Paykan's 1 home game: {0 goals}, 0 conceded.

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Sepahan form and stats

Only one away game in the Persian Gulf Pro League so far for Sepahan and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 8 victories, 5 draws and 2 losses from 15 travels.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sepahan goalkeeper Payam Niazmand is eager to challenge this, with his 181 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Sepahan go into this game after a win, the home game against Esteghlal that ended 1-0. Asadi has scored at least one goal for the away side three fixtures in a row. The smartness!

Preceding that game was the away victory against Zob Ahan with the score of 2-0.

It's early days yet, but Sepahan has scored 2 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Paykan won two games, two matches ended in a draw and Sepahan managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Top Goalscorers

SepahanR. Asadi
R. Asadi
3 goals
SepahanS. Moghanlou
S. Moghanlou
2 goals
PaykanA. Taher
A. Taher
1 goals

Paykan missing players

Sepahan missing players

Paykan Sepahan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
3 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 2 2 6
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
67% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 67%
33% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 3.7
1.7 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 3.3
0.7 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 3.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
4 7 7 Shots (avg) S ( 15 15 6.3
2.3 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 3
29% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 40% 67%
 
5.7 4 4 Shots against (avg) S A 4 4 1.7
1.3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2 1
Key stats in Persian Gulf Pro League this season:
  • Paykan have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
  • Paykan have the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Persian Gulf Pro League
  • Sepahan have the most scored goals (6) in Persian Gulf Pro League
  • Sepahan have the the best goal difference (+5) in Persian Gulf Pro League
Paykan Last season Sepahan
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
5 3   Won W   8 19
13 7   Drew D   5 8
12 5   Lost L   2 3
12 5   Scored S   17 49
28 9   Conceded C   8 17
73% 67%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 87%
40% 27%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 63%
13% 0%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   20% 37%
3% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   7% 20%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 10%
23% 13%   BTTS BTTS   33% 40%
40% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   53% 50%
63% 67%   Failed to Score F T   27% 23%
 
2.5 3.3   Corners for (avg) C F   2.7 3.7
3.3 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.1 2.3
1.4 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.8
1 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
6.1 5.6   Shots (avg) S (   5.4 4
2.5 2.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 1.9
13% 9%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 91%
 
5.6 5.4   Shots against (avg) S A   3.8 2.3
2.3 2.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   1.5 1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sepahan 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 9
2 Esteghlal 4 3 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 4 9
3 Gol Gohar 3 2 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 7
4 Persepolis 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
5 Aluminium Arak 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
6 Havadar 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
7 Zob Ahan 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 -1 4
8 Sanat Naft 3 1 1 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 4
9 Malavan 3 1 0 2 5 3 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
10 Paykan 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 3
11 Tractor Sazi 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 3
12 Nassaji Mazandaran 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
13 Mes Rafsanjan 4 0 2 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 -4 2
14 Esteghlal Khuzestan 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 1
15 Foolad 3 0 0 3 1 9 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 7 -8 0
16 Caspian Qazvin 3 1 1 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 -2
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 20 6 4 46 13 15 9 3 3 21 4 15 11 3 1 25 9 33 66
2 Sepahan 30 19 8 3 49 17 15 11 3 1 32 9 15 8 5 2 17 8 32 65
3 Esteghlal 30 18 8 4 52 22 15 8 6 1 32 11 15 10 2 3 20 11 30 62
4 Tractor Sazi 30 15 7 8 42 34 15 7 6 2 16 10 15 8 1 6 26 24 8 52
5 Mes Rafsanjan 30 11 14 5 29 15 15 7 6 2 15 5 15 4 8 3 14 10 14 47
6 Gol Gohar 30 12 9 9 40 36 15 6 4 5 20 17 15 6 5 4 20 19 4 45
7 Aluminium Arak 30 8 16 6 20 15 15 5 5 5 12 9 15 3 11 1 8 6 5 40
8 Foolad 30 9 13 8 27 26 15 5 7 3 13 11 15 4 6 5 14 15 1 40
9 Zob Ahan 30 7 15 8 25 24 15 7 6 2 20 12 15 0 9 6 5 12 1 36
10 Havadar 30 7 12 11 24 34 15 2 6 7 9 15 15 5 6 4 15 19 -10 33
11 Paykan 30 5 13 12 12 28 15 3 7 5 5 9 15 2 6 7 7 19 -16 28
12 Malavan 30 5 12 13 21 40 15 5 5 5 14 17 15 0 7 8 7 23 -19 27
13 Nassaji Mazandaran 30 5 11 14 26 44 15 4 7 4 17 16 15 1 4 10 9 28 -18 26
14 Sanat Naft 30 5 10 15 22 36 15 2 5 8 13 18 15 3 5 7 9 18 -14 25
15 Mes Kerman 30 4 10 16 23 37 15 4 5 6 18 19 15 0 5 10 5 18 -14 22
16 Naft Masjed Soleyman 30 4 8 18 22 59 15 3 5 7 15 26 15 1 3 11 7 33 -37 20