The visiting Padideh Khorasan side should be favourites in this visit to Pars Jam Bushehr, as the away team holds a 21 point advantage from their 24 league games this season.
Pars Jam Bushehr and Padideh Khorasan 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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Pars Jam Bushehr form and stats
Pars Jam Bushehr have played 11 Persian Gulf Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-7-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Bushehr manager H. Afazeli and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Sepahan (placed 2nd) in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Prior to that, an away loss at Sanat Naft.
The Pars Jam Bushehr fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. Bushehr are not conceding a lot of goals here at Takhti Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches.
Padideh Khorasan form and stats
4-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Padideh Khorasan in their Persian Gulf Pro League matches away.
Khorasan's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Saipa that finished 1-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Gol Gohar with the score of 1-0.
The attacking power of Khorasan when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Padideh Khorasan are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Padideh Khorasan - Bushehr 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Bushehr won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Padideh Khorasan has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / fourTop Goalscorers
  M. Nouri 8 goals |  A. Ghaseminejad 4 goals | S. Sadeghi 4 goals |
Pars Jam Bushehr missing players
Padideh Khorasan missing players
| Pars Jam Bushehr | Padideh Khorasan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 87% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 75% | 88% |
| 57% | 64% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 20% | 42% | 46% |
| 13% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 13% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 48% | 64% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 17% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 58% | 46% |
| 48% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 42% | 29% |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 1.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.3 | 3.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 146 | 71 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 66 | 169 |
| 46 | 27 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 27 | 67 |
| 28% | 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 19% | 30% |
- Pars Jam Bushehr have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 25 | 56 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 24 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 42 |
| 3 | Padideh Khorasan | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 42 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 41 |
| 5 | Foolad | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 39 |
| 6 | Esteghlal | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 38 |
| 7 | Sanat Naft | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 37 |
| 8 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 23 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Zob Ahan | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 25 |
| 11 | Machine Sazi | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -11 | 24 |
| 12 | Saipa | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 13 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 23 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 21 |
| 14 | Paykan | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -7 | 21 |
| 15 | Gol Gohar | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -12 | 19 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 23 | -26 | 17 |