Zob Ahan have some lost ground to recover from their 12th spot, and the task starts vs Aluminium Arak. Read more!
- Zob Ahan have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Aluminium Arak have won significantly less corners away then at home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Zob Ahan form and stats
With 3 Persian Gulf Pro League wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, Zob Ahan are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Zob Ahan enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Foolad's place. The match ended 2-1 with Bagherpasand scoring.
Ahead of that match, Ahan won a home game hosting Padideh Khorasan (2-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Zob Ahan perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Zob Ahan as a small favourite), we find eight games. Zob Ahan has won one of these, drawn two and lost five.
Ahan aren't scoring a lot here at Folād Shahr Stadium in the league, with only 5 goals from 10 games. Zob Ahan's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Aluminium Arak form and stats
Aluminium Arak have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Persian Gulf Pro League, after 1-6-3 (10 played). Aluminium Arak are desperate to end a twelve-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Fajr Sepasi fixture.
Singh was the last player to score for the away team. Aluminium haven't scored a league goal in the last 457 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Havadar with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Naft Masjed Soleyman.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Aluminium Arak in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Aluminium Arak, six draws and five defeats.
Aluminium Arak are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 5 goals from 10 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. It's not easy to score on Aluminium as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The newest archived result between these contenders is the Aluminium Arak - Zob Ahan 0-0 played earlier this season. Zob Ahan-Aluminium Arak H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Ahan zero wins, Aluminium Arak zero wins, three draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Sharifat 3 goals |   M. Jahani 2 goals | A. Rostami 2 goals |
Zob Ahan missing players
Aluminium Arak missing players
| Zob Ahan | Aluminium Arak | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 19 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 25% | 60% | 67% |
| 43% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 50% | 43% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 29% |
| 33% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 52% |
| 62% | 70% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 60% | 52% |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.7 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.7 | 4 | 6.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 45% | 33% |
| 5.4 | 6 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 1.3 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 1.8 | 2.1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
- Aluminium Arak have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Zob Ahan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Zob Ahan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zob Ahan have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Zob Ahan have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| 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 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 51 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 45 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 38 |
| 4 | Mes Rafsanjan | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Gol Gohar | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 |
| 6 | Paykan | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Sanat Naft | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 30 |
| 8 | Foolad | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 29 |
| 9 | Aluminium Arak | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 26 |
| 10 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 11 | Havadar | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 12 | Zob Ahan | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -7 | 25 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Fajr Sepasi | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 15 |
| 15 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -19 | 13 |
| 16 | Padideh Khorasan | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -22 | 9 |
