Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Zob Ahan & Persepolis face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hazfi Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Persepolis.
Zob Ahan form and stats
Zob Ahan was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Hazfi Cup.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Persian Gulf Pro League this season. Zob Ahan have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Folād Shahr Stadium.
Zob Ahan haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 205 minutes ago. Jahani scored that one.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Gol Gohar in the Persian Gulf Pro League last time out and are looking for a win here.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Nassaji Mazandaran (0-1).Zob Ahan has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 3 goals from 7 games. On the other hand, Zob Ahan have conceded 7 goals.
Persepolis form and stats
Last season their Hazfi Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Persian Gulf Pro League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Fajr Sepasi in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the Persian Gulf Pro League away draw versus Padideh Khorasan that ended 1-1.Persepolis have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Persepolis are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Zob Ahan won two games, three matches ended in a draw and Persepolis got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  M. Abdi Qara 4 goals | I. Alekasir 4 goals | M. Torabi 3 goals |
Zob Ahan missing players
Persepolis missing players
| Zob Ahan | Persepolis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Scored | S | 17 | 41 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 32% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.9 | 5.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 51% | ||
| 7.3 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.6 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Esteghlal | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | Aluminium Arak | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Paykan | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Foolad | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Gol Gohar | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 21 |
| 9 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Sanat Naft | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Zob Ahan | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Havadar | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Fajr Sepasi | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -12 | 11 |
| 16 | Padideh Khorasan | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | -19 | 4 |
