The Sepahan & Esteghlal managers M. Navidkia and M. Fekri are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Persian Gulf Pro League league table.
- Sepahan has the most scored goals (23) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Esteghlal has the the best goal difference (+9) in Persian Gulf Pro League
Sepahan and Esteghlal 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.
Sepahan form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Sepahan, who have the most scored goals (23) in Persian Gulf Pro League, have to build on here at Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
A good away victory last time out for Sepahan, who won 3-1 against Zob Ahan (placed 14th). Ahead of that match, Sepahan lost 1-3 at home to Padideh Khorasan.
A decent goal production from Sepahan in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. Sepahan have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Esteghlal form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the best goal difference (+9) in Persian Gulf Pro League, on their Persian Gulf Pro League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Esteghlal won their last game, 1-0 versus Nassaji Mazandaran played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Naft Masjed Soleyman that ended 1-1.
Esteghlal are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Esteghlal as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Sepahan wins - draws - Esteghlal wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Shahbazzadeh 11 goals | S. Hosseini 4 goals |  V. Ghafouri 4 goals |
Sepahan missing players
Esteghlal missing players
| Sepahan | Esteghlal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 86% |
| 79% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 64% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.9 | 10.2 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8.6 | 10.5 |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| 40% | 53% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 45% | 40% |
- Esteghlal has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Esteghlal has the the best goal difference (+4) away in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Esteghlal has the the best goal difference (+9) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Esteghlal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sepahan has the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan has the most scored goals (23) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sepahan 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 | Esteghlal | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 25 |
| 3 | Persepolis | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Sanat Naft | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Foolad | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Gol Gohar | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Aluminium Arak | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Tractor Sazi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Mes Rafsanjan | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Paykan | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Padideh Khorasan | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Saipa | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Zob Ahan | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 5 |