Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gol Gohar & Aluminium Arak face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hazfi Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Aluminium Arak when visiting Gol Gohar as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Gol Gohar form and stats
Gohar participated in Hazfi Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.6-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Persian Gulf Pro League numbers at home for Gol Gohar so far this season. Gol Gohar has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Imam Ali Stadium. We remember; it was Mes Rafsanjan.
Gol Gohar are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Tractor Sazi. Heartbreak for Gohar in their last match as Tractor Sazi's M. Abbaszadeh scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Previous to that game, a Persian Gulf Pro League home match hosting Aluminium Arak in a game that was won 2-1.Gohar has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. On the other hand, Gol Gohar have conceded 16 goals.
Aluminium Arak form and stats
Playing away, Aluminium Arak have won 4 games, drawn 6 and suffered 4 defeats in the Persian Gulf Pro League this season. Aluminium seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Aluminium Arak play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Persepolis.
A 1-2 defeat away at Gol Gohar before that.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Aluminium as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Aluminium Arak as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Gol Gohar-Aluminium Arak H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gohar four wins, Aluminium Arak one win, five draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. Mensha 11 goals |  H. Pakdel 9 goals | Y. Shakeri 8 goals |
Gol Gohar missing players
Aluminium Arak missing players
| Gol Gohar | Aluminium Arak | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 26 | 18 | Scored | S | 11 | 26 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Conceded | C | 12 | 24 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 25% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 41% | ||
| 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 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 58 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 25 | 56 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 50 |
| 4 | Foolad | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 39 |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 39 |
| 6 | Gol Gohar | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 38 |
| 7 | Padideh Khorasan | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -1 | 37 |
| 8 | Aluminium Arak | 27 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 37 |
| 9 | Paykan | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | Sanat Naft | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 33 |
| 11 | Mes Rafsanjan | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 31 |
| 12 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 28 |
| 13 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 26 |
| 14 | Zob Ahan | 26 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 15 | Saipa | 27 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 23 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 27 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 24 | -22 | 14 |