Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Saipa languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Paykan will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Saipa have the fewest scored goals (12) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Paykan have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Persian Gulf Pro League
Saipa and Paykan 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.
Saipa form and stats
The story so far in the Persian Gulf Pro League for Saipa, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Persian Gulf Pro League, at their home stadium is 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Heartbreak before that as Saipa lost 0-1 at Mes Rafsanjan's place.
The lack of attacking qualities in Saipa means that they have only scored 5 goals in 10 league home games, less than half a goal per match. From these home matches, Saipa have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Paykan form and stats
Paykan have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Persian Gulf Pro League, after 2-4-5 (11 played). Visiting Paykan has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Aluminium Arak.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Paykan as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. Paykan have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Paykan - Saipa 1-1. Saipa-Paykan H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Saipa three wins, Paykan four wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Salehi 3 goals | M. Darvishi Nakhl Ebrahimi 3 goals | F. Jalal Hatami 3 goals |
Saipa missing players
Paykan missing players
| Saipa | Paykan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 81% | 60% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 82% |
| 43% | 30% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 64% |
| 19% | 20% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 32% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 38% | 30% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 50% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 36% |
| 52% | 60% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.2 | 6.8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 25% | 17% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 46% | 47% |
- Paykan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Paykan have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Saipa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Saipa have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Saipa have the fewest scored goals (12) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Saipa have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Saipa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Persian Gulf Pro League
| 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 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 45 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 42 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Gol Gohar | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 32 |
| 5 | Aluminium Arak | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 32 |
| 6 | Foolad | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Tractor Sazi | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | Mes Rafsanjan | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Paykan | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Padideh Khorasan | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Sanat Naft | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 25 |
| 12 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Zob Ahan | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 14 | Saipa | 21 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 14 | -9 | 19 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 21 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -18 | 11 |