Sepahan have excelled Aluminium Arak this season, but every match opens at 0-0. Here's all the data you require ahead of kickoff:
- Sepahan have the most scored goals (42) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Aluminium Arak have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Persian Gulf Pro League
For Aluminium Arak most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
The hosts Sepahan saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Persian Gulf Pro League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Foolad.
Sepahan form and stats
28 points is a decent return from 14 Persian Gulf Pro League games here at Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium for Sepahan. The data says 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.
In their previous game, the manager Navidkia led his Sepahan to a defeat away at Foolad. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium.
Ahead of that match, Sepahan won a home game hosting Padideh Khorasan (3-0).Sepahan has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Defensively Sepahan have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (6 in 14 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Aluminium Arak form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Aluminium Arak so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 1-8-5 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Aluminium Arak's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Paykan that finished 1-1. The draw against Paykan came from a losing position. The Aluminium manager Oskouei brought on Azadi as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Before that, Aluminium Arak travelled to Esteghlal and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.Aluminium Arak are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 5 goals from 14 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved played each other previously this season: Aluminium Arak - Sepahan 0-0. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Sepahan victories, two draws and zero Aluminium Arak wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Moghanlou 8 goals | S. Shahbazzadeh 5 goals | D. Esmaeilifar 5 goals |
Sepahan missing players
Aluminium Arak missing players
| Sepahan | Aluminium Arak | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 42 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| 20 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 22 |
| 83% | 79% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 57% | 66% |
| 62% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| 41% | 29% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 17% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 10% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 31% | 29% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 21% | 28% |
| 55% | 64% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 50% | 52% |
| 31% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 71% | 55% |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| 1.8 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.3 | 7.2 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.5 | 3.4 | 5.2 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| 55% | 53% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 31% |
| 3.8 | 2.7 | 3.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
- Aluminium Arak have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Aluminium Arak have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Aluminium Arak have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sepahan have created more than twice as many corners as Aluminium Arak.
- Sepahan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sepahan have scored more than double the goals of Aluminium Arak.
- Sepahan have the most scored goals (42) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Sepahan have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 29 | 68 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 29 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 58 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 22 | 55 |
| 4 | Gol Gohar | 29 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 48 |
| 5 | Foolad | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 48 |
| 6 | Mes Rafsanjan | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 45 |
| 7 | Zob Ahan | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 37 |
| 8 | Paykan | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 11 | -1 | 36 |
| 9 | Aluminium Arak | 29 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -3 | 36 |
| 10 | Havadar | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 34 |
| 11 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 29 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -7 | 33 |
| 12 | Sanat Naft | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 33 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 29 |
| 14 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 30 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -21 | 22 |
| 15 | Fajr Sepasi | 29 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 18 | -18 | 17 |
| 16 | Padideh Khorasan | 29 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 43 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 25 | -26 | 16 |
