Victory to the hosting team is anticipated from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Sepahan followers are positive that the gulf between 1st and Nassaji Mazandaran's 12th spot in the table will be revealed on the grass.
- Sepahan is in the best form (4-1-1) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Nassaji Mazandaran have yet to win a game away.
This looks to be an intriguing fixture with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
Sepahan form and stats
Seven points from three Persian Gulf Pro League home games is a great start for Sepahan, who are hoping to build on that form here at Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium.
Sepahan are confident in defense, having played 213 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Sepahan enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Fajr Sepasi's place. The match ended 2-0 with M. Hosseini and E. Pourghaz scoring.
Before that, Sepahan drew at home versus Tractor Sazi.Sepahan are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. As for guarding their own goal, Sepahan have only let in 0 goals at home.
Nassaji Mazandaran form and stats
The Persian Gulf Pro League season is young and Nassaji Mazandaran have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far. Mazandaran has drawn their two previous away games.
Mazandaran's last game was the home draw against Paykan (2-2).
Before that, Nassaji Mazandaran travelled to Esteghlal and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nassaji Mazandaran as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Mazandaran have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior seven meetings between these two squads are: three wins for Sepahan, three draws and one win for Nassaji Mazandaran. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Eslami 3 goals |  S. Shahbazzadeh 2 goals | H. Najafi 2 goals |
Sepahan missing players
Nassaji Mazandaran missing players
| Sepahan | Nassaji Mazandaran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 83% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 1.8 | 0.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 8.7 | 6.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.5 | 9.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.7 | 7.2 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 45% |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 13.3 | 9.8 |
| 1.2 | 0.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
- Nassaji Mazandaran have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Nassaji Mazandaran have yet to win a game away.
- Sepahan have created more than twice as many corners as Nassaji Mazandaran.
- Sepahan have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sepahan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sepahan have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan have the the best goal difference (+7) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sepahan is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Aluminium Arak | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Persepolis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Paykan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Gol Gohar | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Foolad | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 10 |
| 8 | Zob Ahan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Mes Rafsanjan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Tractor Sazi | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Fajr Sepasi | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 5 |
| 14 | Havadar | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Sanat Naft | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Padideh Khorasan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -8 | 1 |