Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Esteghlal & Zob Ahan face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hazfi Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Esteghlal form and stats
Esteghlal participated in Hazfi Cup the last season, where they reached the final.5-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Persian Gulf Pro League numbers at home for Esteghlal so far this season.
A. Motahari was the last player to score a league goal for Esteghlal and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Esteghlal haven't scored in 318 minutes.
No payout for Esteghlal in their previous match, an away game at Persepolis that ended in defeat 0-1. The goalie M. Mazaheri was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 0.0 out of ten. Mazaheri .
Before that game, the home loss against Zob Ahan with the scoreline 0-2.Esteghlal are traveling soon after this match as the Persian Gulf Pro League match at Sanat Naft awaits in two days.
Esteghlal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. Esteghlal have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Zob Ahan form and stats
They also participated in Hazfi Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Zob Ahan so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-6 (win-draw-lose).
There might be some fixture complaints from Ahan as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Persian Gulf Pro League match against Gol Gohar (0-1). S. Gordan was the team player of the game with the player rating of 0.0. The agile goalkeeper Gordan .
Prior to that result Zob Ahan won their away game at Esteghlal in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The scoreline was 2-0.Zob Ahan find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Ahan in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Esteghlal won three, Zob Ahan won three and four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Motahari 5 goals | V. Ghafouri 4 goals | M. Ghaedi 4 goals |
Esteghlal missing players
Zob Ahan missing players
| Esteghlal | Zob Ahan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Scored | S | 12 | 25 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 9.8 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 6.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 45 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 45 |
| 3 | Gol Gohar | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 35 |
| 4 | Aluminium Arak | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 35 |
| 5 | Esteghlal | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | Foolad | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Tractor Sazi | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Mes Rafsanjan | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Paykan | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Sanat Naft | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 26 |
| 11 | Padideh Khorasan | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Zob Ahan | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 21 |
| 15 | Saipa | 21 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 21 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -18 | 11 |