In total; 24 league matches are played and Aluminium Arak are 3 points ahead of Nassaji Mazandaran. How will it end?
- Aluminium Arak have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Nassaji Mazandaran have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
Both sides have had sufficient rest since their previous competitive action. Let's wish for an animated fixture!
Aluminium Arak form and stats
5-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Persian Gulf Pro League numbers at home for Aluminium Arak so far this season.
The Aluminium goalkeeper Hossein Pourhamidi is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 183 minutes without conceding a goal in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
The fans hope that Aluminium Arak will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Hazfi Cup fixture against Nassaji Mazandaran.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Aluminium have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won two, drawn five and lost two.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Aluminium Arak here at Imam Khomeini Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Aluminium Arak have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nassaji Mazandaran form and stats
2 wins, 8 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Nassaji Mazandaran playing as the away team in the Persian Gulf Pro League this season. Mazandaran are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.
The club members enjoyed Nassaji Mazandaran's previous match versus Aluminium Arak, a Hazfi Cup win (1-0) played at home.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nassaji Mazandaran playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were two Nassaji Mazandaran wins, eight draws and two defeats.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).
Head 2 Head
The last head to head encounter ended Nassaji Mazandaran - Aluminium 1-1, earlier this season. Head to head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Aluminium Arak won one game, five matches ended with a tie and Nassaji Mazandaran got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nineTop Goalscorers
  A. Kalantari 4 goals |   E. Sharifat 3 goals |
Aluminium Arak missing players
Nassaji Mazandaran missing players
| Aluminium Arak | Nassaji Mazandaran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 18 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 27 |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 88% |
| 42% | 33% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 75% |
| 21% | 25% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 12% | 8% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 25% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 58% |
| 54% | 58% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| 54% | 42% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 2.6 | 3.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 2.7 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.6 | 5 |
| 1.1 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5.8 | 8.9 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| 2.1 | 3.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 33% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 35% | 40% |
| 3.7 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.3 | 8.8 | 7.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
- Aluminium Arak have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Aluminium Arak have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Aluminium Arak have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Nassaji Mazandaran have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Nassaji Mazandaran have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| 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 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 25 | 56 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 50 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 45 |
| 4 | Mes Rafsanjan | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | Foolad | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 38 |
| 6 | Gol Gohar | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 35 |
| 7 | Paykan | 24 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 33 |
| 8 | Sanat Naft | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 31 |
| 9 | Zob Ahan | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 31 |
| 10 | Aluminium Arak | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 30 |
| 11 | Havadar | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 24 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 27 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 14 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 25 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -19 | 18 |
| 15 | Fajr Sepasi | 25 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 15 | -15 | 16 |
| 16 | Padideh Khorasan | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -21 | 14 |
