Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Esteghlal Khuzestan languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Aluminium Arak will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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!
Esteghlal Khuzestan form and stats
When playing at home in the Azadegan League, Esteghlal Khuzestan have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Esteghlal Khuzestan, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 214 minutes in the Azadegan League.
Esteghlal Khuzestan's last game was hosting Sepidrood Rasht (placed 16th) and winning 2-0. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Fajr Sepasi the opponent.
Esteghlal Khuzestan has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. From these home matches, Esteghlal Khuzestan have conceded only 8 goals.
Aluminium Arak form and stats
2-7-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Aluminium Arak in their Azadegan League matches away.
The supporters enjoyed Aluminium Arak's previous game versus Khooshe Talaee Saveh (placed 4th), a Azadegan League 2-1 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Navad Urmia that ended 1-1.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Aluminium Arak as they have only managed to score 6 times from 11 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Aluminium Arak - Esteghlal Khuzestan 1-0 earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  M. Karimi 3 goals |  A. Kalantari 2 goals |
Esteghlal Khuzestan missing players
Aluminium Arak missing players
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Aluminium Arak | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 86% | 90% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 64% | 76% |
| 48% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 45% | 52% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 9% | 24% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 43% |
| 24% | 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 45% | 48% |
| 48% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 55% | 33% |
| 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 4.9 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 1.6 | 0.9 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 159 | 58 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 48 | 138 |
| 64 | 23 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 18 | 54 |
| 28% | 48% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 28% | 35% |
- Aluminium Arak have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Esteghlal Khuzestan 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 | Mes Rafsanjan | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Oxin Alborz | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 38 |
| 3 | Navad Urmia | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| 5 | Mes Kerman | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 35 |
| 6 | Fajr Sepasi | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 34 |
| 7 | Aluminium Arak | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Baderan | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Damash Gilanian | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -2 | 29 |
| 10 | Qashqai | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Persepolis Pakdasht | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 25 |
| 12 | Arman Gohar | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 14 | Niroye Zamini | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 22 |
| 15 | Malavan | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -11 | 21 |
| 16 | Sepidrood Rasht | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
| 17 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 18 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 23 | -23 | 10 |