Sanat Naft will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Padideh Khorasan.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's quite the trip for Padideh Khorasan when visiting Sanat as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.
Sanat Naft form and stats
Sanat Naft have collected 22 points from their Persian Gulf Pro League home games so far after 6-4-3.
R. Jabireh was the last player to score a league goal for Sanat Naft and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Sanat haven't scored in 244 minutes.
In their previous game, led his Sanat to a defeat in the Persian Gulf Pro League match away at Sepahan. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Takhti Stadium. Preceding that match was the home game against Esteghlal that was lost 0-2.
The Sanat fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 13 matches. On the other hand, Sanat have conceded 15 goals.
Padideh Khorasan form and stats
The visitors are W4-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Padideh Khorasan's last game was the home draw against Tractor Sazi (0-0). Prior to that match, the Padideh Khorasan manager S. Bakhtiarizadeh faced defeat when travelling to Pars Jam Bushehr and losing 1-2.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Khorasan as they have only managed to score 9 times from 13 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Padideh Khorasan as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Padideh Khorasan - Sanat 0-1 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Sanat won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Padideh Khorasan has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sixTop Goalscorers
  I. Alekasir 10 goals |  A. Ghaseminejad 4 goals | S. Sadeghi 4 goals |
Sanat Naft missing players
Padideh Khorasan missing players
| Sanat Naft | Padideh Khorasan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 25 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 29 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 77% | 85% |
| 58% | 77% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 46% | 46% |
| 27% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 23% | 27% |
| 15% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 12% |
| 12% | 15% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 31% | 38% |
| 31% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 54% | 46% |
| 38% | 15% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 3.2 | 4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.3 | 3.8 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 135 | 69 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 74 | 187 |
| 48 | 22 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 28 | 70 |
| 44% | 68% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 21% | 30% |
- Sanat Naft have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sanat Naft have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Padideh Khorasan have scored away.
- Sanat Naft have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sanat Naft haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Persepolis | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 62 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 45 |
| 3 | Tractor Sazi | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 45 |
| 4 | Padideh Khorasan | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 43 |
| 5 | Esteghlal | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 42 |
| 6 | Foolad | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 42 |
| 7 | Sanat Naft | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 37 |
| 8 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 25 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 33 |
| 9 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -4 | 29 |
| 10 | Machine Sazi | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 27 |
| 11 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 25 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | Zob Ahan | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 19 | -8 | 25 |
| 13 | Gol Gohar | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 25 |
| 14 | Saipa | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -9 | 24 |
| 15 | Paykan | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -7 | 23 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 27 | -28 | 18 |