It's fixture two of the Persian Gulf Pro League campaign and important points to play for. Check out our in-depth preview of Aluminium Arak-Esteghlal Khuzestan!
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.
Aluminium Arak form and stats
In the previous season, Aluminium Arak's league stats were 8 wins, 16 draws and 6 losses, resulting in 7th place in the Persian Gulf Pro League. During these 30 matches they scored {20 goals} and let in 15. Playing as the host team in the former season Aluminium Arak managed 5-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with {12 goals} and 9 conceded.
In their previous game, the manager Oskouei led his Aluminium Arak to a defeat away at Persepolis. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Imam Khomeini Stadium.
A 2-2 draw away before that, with Foolad the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Aluminium perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Aluminium Arak as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Aluminium Arak has won 2 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.
Esteghlal Khuzestan form and stats
Let's have a look at how Esteghlal Khuzestan performed last season in the Azadegan League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 15 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded {21 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 8 and lost 3 with 22/18 goals scored/conceded.
Esteghlal Khuzestan delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Caspian Qazvin (placed 16th) in their previous fixture.
Prior to that match, a home win 5-0 against Arman Gohar in the Azadegan League.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Esteghlal Khuzestan playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 Esteghlal Khuzestan wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Aluminium Arak-Esteghlal Khuzestan H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Aluminium Arak two wins, Esteghlal Khuzestan zero wins, zero draws. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Aluminium Arak missing players
Esteghlal Khuzestan missing players
| Aluminium Arak | Esteghlal Khuzestan | ||||||
| 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 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Aluminium Arak | Last season | Esteghlal Khuzestan | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Drew | D | 8 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Scored | S | 22 | 47 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 21 | ||
| 63% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 78% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 59% | ||
| 13% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 31% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 22% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 12% | ||
| 23% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 38% | ||
| 57% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 56% | ||
| 57% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 28% | ||
| 2.2 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.9 | 8.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 56% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.7 | 6.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Gol Gohar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Zob Ahan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Persepolis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Paykan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Havadar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Mes Rafsanjan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Malavan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Aluminium Arak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Sanat Naft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | Foolad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Caspian Qazvin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 |
| 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 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 33 | 66 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 49 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 32 | 65 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 30 | 62 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 52 |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 47 |
| 6 | Gol Gohar | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 45 |
| 7 | Aluminium Arak | 30 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | Foolad | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 36 |
| 10 | Havadar | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -10 | 33 |
| 11 | Paykan | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 28 |
| 12 | Malavan | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -19 | 27 |
| 13 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 28 | -18 | 26 |
| 14 | Sanat Naft | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 25 |
| 15 | Mes Kerman | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 37 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 18 | -14 | 22 |
| 16 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 33 | -37 | 20 |
| 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 | Caspian Qazvin | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 67 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 43 | 70 |
| 2 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 32 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 26 | 57 |
| 3 | Saipa | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 55 |
| 4 | Fajr Sepasi | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 53 |
| 5 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 32 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 52 |
| 6 | Mes Shahr-e Babak | 32 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 45 |
| 7 | Van Pars Isfahan | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 45 |
| 8 | Chadormalu SC | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 45 |
| 9 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -5 | 43 |
| 10 | Darya Babol | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 11 | Esteghlal Mollasani | 32 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -15 | 37 |
| 12 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -7 | 35 |
| 13 | Arman Gohar | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 25 | -17 | 31 |
| 14 | Shahrdari Astara | 32 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 20 | -13 | 30 |
| 15 | Shahrdari Hamedan | 32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -13 | 29 |
| 16 | Khalij Fars | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 23 | -21 | 29 |
| 17 | Chooka Talesh | 32 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 55 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 37 | -26 | 22 |
| 18 | Omid Vahdat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |