A total of 23 league fixtures have been played and Zob Ahan are 3 points on top of Nassaji Mazandaran. How will it turn out?
- Zob Ahan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nassaji Mazandaran have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Persian Gulf Pro League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Zob Ahan and Nassaji Mazandaran.
Zob Ahan form and stats
The story so far in the Persian Gulf Pro League for Zob Ahan at their home stadium (Folād Shahr Stadium) is 5 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Zob Ahan bring valid hopes of a third.
The Ahan goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 306 minutes without conceding a goal in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
A nice win for Zob Ahan last time playing, versus Nassaji Mazandaran. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Paykan that finished 0-0.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 Zob Ahan have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 23 league games, 19 have produced zero, one or two goals.
Ahan are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. Zob Ahan are not conceding a lot of goals here at Folād Shahr Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Nassaji Mazandaran form and stats
Nassaji Mazandaran have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Persian Gulf Pro League, after 1-4-7 (12 played).
Mazandaran lost away at Zob Ahan (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Naft Masjed Soleyman.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Nassaji Mazandaran in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Nassaji Mazandaran, 4 draws and 7 defeats.
Lacking goals? 9 of this club's most recent 12 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.
The attacking power of Nassaji Mazandaran when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Mazandaran struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Zob Ahan - Nassaji Mazandaran 1-0 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Ahan wins - draws - Nassaji Mazandaran wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Shiri 6 goals |  A. Kalantari 5 goals |  M. Soleimani Asl 4 goals |
Zob Ahan missing players
Nassaji Mazandaran missing players
| Zob Ahan | Nassaji Mazandaran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 18 | 14 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 24 |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 30 |
| 74% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 91% |
| 39% | 42% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 74% |
| 17% | 25% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 39% |
| 13% | 25% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 4% | 8% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 39% | 42% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 52% |
| 43% | 50% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 26% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 30% |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| 3.1 | 1 | 0.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| 1.4 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 88% | 240% | 800% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 40% | 49% |
| 3.2 | 1.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2.5 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 1.1 | 0.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
- Nassaji Mazandaran have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Nassaji Mazandaran have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nassaji Mazandaran have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Nassaji Mazandaran have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Zob Ahan have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Sepahan | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 49 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 46 |
| 3 | Persepolis | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 45 |
| 4 | Gol Gohar | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 40 |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 23 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 37 |
| 6 | Tractor Sazi | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 36 |
| 7 | Aluminium Arak | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 32 |
| 8 | Foolad | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Zob Ahan | 23 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Havadar | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 26 |
| 11 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -6 | 24 |
| 12 | Malavan | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 23 |
| 13 | Paykan | 23 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Mes Kerman | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 | -7 | 20 |
| 15 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 23 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 49 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 31 | -34 | 13 |
| 16 | Sanat Naft | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -19 | 12 |
