The visiting Foolad side should be favourites in this visit to Saipa, as the away team holds a 9 point advantage from their twelve league games this season.
Saipa and Foolad 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.
It's quite the trip for Foolad when visiting Saipa as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Saipa form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Persian Gulf Pro League this season. Saipa have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses from their games here. Saipa have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 720 minutes without scoring a league goal. M. Soleimani Asl was the last player to find the net.
The fans are hoping that Saipa will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Persian Gulf Pro League game against Machine Sazi (placed 9th). The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Shahin Bushehr.
Saipa have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Saipa have conceded 8 goals.
Foolad form and stats
3-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Foolad in their Persian Gulf Pro League matches away.
Foolad won their last game, 2-0 versus Gol Gohar played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Zob Ahan wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Foolad have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Foolad as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Saipa 6 wins, 3 draws and Foolad 1 victory. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Soleimani Asl 3 goals |   A. Vali 3 goals |  A. Ramezani 2 goals |
Saipa missing players
Foolad missing players
| Saipa | Foolad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 67% | 50% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 4.3 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | 40 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 45 | 72 |
| 34 | 12 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 16 | 26 |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 19% | 23% |
- Foolad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Saipa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | Foolad | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Tractor Sazi | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 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 | Zob Ahan | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 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 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Gol Gohar | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -17 | 4 |