Esteghlal FC vs Persepolis FC Prediction - 2 September 2026
Our pick:Over 1.5 goals
79%Odds 1.45Won
Correct score1-1Alternative2-1
Form
- D 0-0
- W 2-0
- W 1-0
- W 4-0
- W 2-1
- W 3-0
- L 0-1
- W 4-1
- W 2-0
- L 1-2
Head to head
- 5 Dec 2025 Persepolis FC 0 Esteghlal FC 0 Persian Gulf Pro League
Match analysis
Esteghlal are chasing the Persian Gulf Pro League title from top spot with eight games left, while Persepolis sit sixth in the European qualification race, and that motivation gap is central to Superior's Over 1.5 goals pick in Esteghlal FC vs Persepolis FC on 2 September at 1.45, rated 67 percent. Esteghlal have won four of their last five.
Esteghlal are top of the table chasing the title
Esteghlal sit first with 41 points and eight games left, and their form has followed the table position, four wins in five including a 4-0 win over Mes Shahr-e Babak and a 2-0 win over Sepahan. Persepolis have been far less settled, losing four of their last five before a 3-0 win over Malavan snapped the run, and sit sixth chasing a European place with a lower desperation reading than the hosts carry into this Tehran derby.
Both sides drew the reverse fixture 0-0
The counter to backing goals here is that the two sides' previous meeting, in December, finished goalless, and a Tehran derby of this scale can just as easily tighten up under the occasion as open up. Esteghlal's one blank this run was a 0-0 draw at Foolad, so if the pressure of the fixture produces the same caution it did last time these two met, a repeat 0-0 or 1-0 is the way Over 1.5 fails despite the form lines favouring goals.
More tips for this game
- Goals: Over 1.5
Premium
After full time
Top five correct scores
- 1-111.5%Our score
- 2-18.6%Alternative
- 1-28.2%
- 1-08.1%
- 0-17.8%
Top five combined: 44.2%
Full score grid
Score Matrix
Goals and BTTS chances
Combos
- Esteghlal FC win and over 2.5 goals24.9%
- Persepolis FC win and over 2.5 goals23.0%
- Esteghlal FC win and both teams score20.4%
- Draw and under 2.5 goals17.0%
| Esteghlal FC | Persepolis FC | |
|---|---|---|
| Outcome markets | ||
| Win or draw | 63.7% | 61.0% |
| Draw no bet | 51.8% | 48.2% |
| Win to nil | 18.6% | 17.2% |
| Either team wins | 75.3% | |
| Team goals | ||
| To score | 77.3% | 76.0% |
| Over 1.5 goals | 43.7% | 41.7% |
| Clean sheet | 24.0% | 22.7% |
Today's acca
2 games, total odds 1.63
League table
League table
| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | +11 | 17 | |
| 2 | 9 | +7 | 17 | |
| 3 | 8 | +7 | 17 | |
| 4 | 8 | +8 | 16 | |
| 5 | 8 | +4 | 15 | |
| 6 | 9 | +3 | 13 | |
| 7 | 8 | +3 | 13 | |
| 8 | 9 | -4 | 12 | |
| 9 | 9 | +1 | 11 | |
| 10 | 8 | -4 | 10 | |
| 11 | 8 | -1 | 9 | |
| 12 | 8 | -2 | 9 | |
| 13 | 8 | -4 | 8 | |
| 14 | 9 | -3 | 7 | |
| 15 | 9 | -4 | 7 | |
| 16 | 9 | -7 | 7 | |
| 17 | 9 | -9 | 6 | |
| 18 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persepolis FC | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |
| 2 | Sepahan FC | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |
| 3 | Tractor Sazi | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 17 | |
| 4 | Esteghlal FC | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 16 | |
| 5 | Foolad FC | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| 6 | Aluminium Arak | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 13 | |
| 7 | Gol Gohar | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 13 | |
| 8 | Chadormalu SC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 12 | |
| 9 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 11 | |
| 10 | Fajr Sepasi | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 10 | |
| 11 | Paykan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 9 | |
| 12 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 9 | |
| 13 | Malavan | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 8 | |
| 14 | Shams Azar Qazvin | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 7 | |
| 15 | ZOB Ahan | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 7 | |
| 16 | Sanat Naft | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 7 | |
| 17 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 6 | |
| 18 | Mes Shahr-e Babak | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 5 |