Game week two of the Persian Gulf Pro League season and the contenders have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the ultimate Tractor Sazi - Sanat Naft pre-match guide:
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sanat Naft, who are travelling more than 1600 kilometers to play this game.
Tractor Sazi form and stats
In the previous season, Tractor Sazi's league stats were 12 wins, 9 draws and 9 losses, leading to 4th spot in the Persian Gulf Pro League. From these 30 matches they scored 35 goals and let in 29. Playing as the host team in the former season Tractor Sazi delivered 6-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 10 conceded.
In their previous game, the manager F. Karimi led his Tractor to a defeat in the Persian Gulf Pro League match away at Gol Gohar. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium.
Heartbreak before that as Tractor lost 0-1 at Al Nassr's place.Sanat Naft form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sanat Naft performed last season in the Persian Gulf Pro League: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 10 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 8/18 goals scored/conceded.
Home advantage was not enough for Sanat in their previous game, as they lost their Persian Gulf Pro League-match, hosting Zob Ahan, 0-1. Sanat Naft were so close to getting something from the game against Zob Ahan, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Machine Sazi.Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Tractor Sazi won two games, five matches ended with a tie and Sanat Naft got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTractor Sazi missing players
Sanat Naft missing players
| Tractor Sazi | Sanat Naft | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Tractor Sazi | Last season | Sanat Naft | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 35 | 16 | Scored | S | 8 | 24 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 87% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 90% | ||
| 63% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 57% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 13% | 23% | ||
| 17% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 3% | ||
| 3% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 3% | ||
| 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 47% | ||
| 30% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 23% | ||
| 27% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 40% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.7 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 36% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gol Gohar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Zob Ahan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Aluminium Arak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Padideh Khorasan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Paykan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Foolad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Persepolis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Fajr Sepasi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Havadar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Sanat Naft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Mes Rafsanjan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Tractor Sazi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 33 | 67 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 53 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 29 | 65 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 56 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 45 |
| 5 | Gol Gohar | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 45 |
| 6 | Foolad | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 44 |
| 7 | Paykan | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 40 |
| 8 | Mes Rafsanjan | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 39 |
| 9 | Padideh Khorasan | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -4 | 38 |
| 10 | Sanat Naft | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -5 | 37 |
| 11 | Aluminium Arak | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 37 |
| 12 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 18 | -7 | 33 |
| 13 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 31 |
| 14 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -11 | 26 |
| 15 | Saipa | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 26 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 30 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 26 | -33 | 14 |