The home advantage belongs to Zob Ahan in this fixture vs Sanat Naft, but the guests will battle to the finish. Here's the complete Tipsway match preview!
- Zob Ahan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sanat Naft have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Zob Ahan form and stats
Zob Ahan have played 7 Persian Gulf Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Zob Ahan bring valid hopes of a third.
Zob Ahan shared the glory with Foolad in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Before that, Zob Ahan had a home game versus Aluminium Arak which ended with a victory 1-0.Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 13 league games, 12 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
Ahan has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Defensively Zob Ahan have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sanat Naft form and stats
Sanat Naft have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Persian Gulf Pro League, after 2-1-4 (7 played).
Sanat failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Esteghlal (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-1.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Nassaji Mazandaran with the score of 2-0.Low-scoring game? 11 of this side's latest 13 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sanat Naft as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ahan five wins, three draws and Sanat Naft two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ghasemi 2 goals | S. Sadeghi Baba Ahmadi 2 goals | S. Ashouri Meidani 2 goals |
Zob Ahan missing players
Sanat Naft missing players
| Zob Ahan | Sanat Naft | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 69% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 92% |
| 38% | 29% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 62% |
| 8% | 14% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 8% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 46% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 23% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 54% |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 0.7 | 0.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 180% | 700% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 45% |
| 2.9 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
- Sanat Naft have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Sanat Naft have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Zob Ahan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zob Ahan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Persepolis | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Gol Gohar | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | Mes Rafsanjan | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Zob Ahan | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Aluminium Arak | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Foolad | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Havadar | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Paykan | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Malavan | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Mes Kerman | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Sanat Naft | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -21 | 9 |
