Persian Gulf Pro League match prediction: Little separates Havadar and Zob Ahan in quality

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Competition: Iran Persian Gulf Pro League
Competition: Wed 04.May
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium (8250 seats)

Here's every piece of info you must know, and even more, about the Havadar - Zob Ahan game!

Insights:
  • Zob Ahan have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League

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Havadar form and stats

The total Persian Gulf Pro League results at home this season for Havadar are 2-7-3 (wins-draws-losses). With seven home Persian Gulf Pro League games in a row without a win, the Havadar fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Tractor Sazi game long ago, can be stopped today.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 200 minutes without scoring a league goal. Sattari was the last player to find the net. Havadar are confident in defense, having played 253 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Havadar, who played 0-0 against Persepolis. That match was also played at this venue (Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium).

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Naft Masjed Soleyman the opponent.

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 Havadar have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn one and lost four.

Havadar aren't scoring a lot here at Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 12 games. Havadar are not conceding a lot of goals here at Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 12 matches.

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Zob Ahan form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Persian Gulf Pro League. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Zob Ahan, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Zob Ahan failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Naft Masjed Soleyman (placed 14th) that ended with defeat 0-1.

Prior to that result Zob Ahan won their away game at Mes Rafsanjan. The scoreline was 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Zob Ahan playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were two Ahan wins, five draws and five defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Zob Ahan as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Zob Ahan as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head match ended Zob Ahan - Havadar 0-1, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

HavadarM. Mohammadi Marz Roudi
M. Mohammadi Marz Roudi
3 goals
Zob AhanS. Bagherpasand
S. Bagherpasand
3 goals
HavadarS. Hosseini
S. Hosseini
2 goals

Havadar missing players

Zob Ahan missing players

Havadar Zob Ahan
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 4 12 24
6 2 0 Won W 2 5 9
10 7 1 Drew D 1 3 4
8 3 2 Lost L 1 4 11
13 6 1 Scored S 4 8 17
15 7 4 Conceded C 3 8 20
67% 50% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 88%
29% 42% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 33% 42%
17% 17% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 17% 21%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 4%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
21% 25% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 25% 17%
54% 67% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 42% 38%
58% 58% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 50% 58%
 
3.7 3.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.2 2.6
3.1 2.7 1.3 Corners against (avg) C A 1.7 1.9 1.9
1.5 1.5 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4.4 4.2 5.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 5 4.6
1.5 1.5 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2 1.7
34% 31% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 80% 44% 41%
 
3.9 2.5 3.3 Shots against (avg) S A 3.7 4.8 5.1
1.5 1.3 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.7 1.5 1.7
Key stats in Persian Gulf Pro League this season:
  • Zob Ahan have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
  • Zob Ahan 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