Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Naft Masjed Soleyman in 10th and Aluminium Arak in 7th place.
- Naft Masjed Soleyman has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Naft Masjed Soleyman have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Aluminium Arak have scored away.
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!
Naft Masjed Soleyman form and stats
3-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Persian Gulf Pro League numbers at home for Naft Masjed Soleyman so far this season. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Soleyman.
Soleyman travelled for their previous game, a trip to Gol Gohar that ended 0-0. In the match before that, Naft Masjed Soleyman hosted Esteghlal and drew the game 1-1.
Soleyman has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Soleyman have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Aluminium Arak form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Aluminium Arak so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose).
Aluminium's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Saipa that finished 1-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tractor Sazi at their stadium, the result 1-0.
The draw against Saipa came from a losing position. The Aluminium manager R. Khatibi brought on M. Majidi as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Aluminium's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 6 matches. Aluminium Arak are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Soleyman victories, five draws and zero Aluminium Arak wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Pakdel 5 goals |  S. Hosseini 4 goals | S. Bagherpasand 3 goals |
Naft Masjed Soleyman missing players
Aluminium Arak missing players
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | Aluminium Arak | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 71% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 43% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 29% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 57% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.6 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.4 | 7.8 |
| 1.9 | 3.1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 33% | 41% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 25% | 39% |
- Naft Masjed Soleyman has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Naft Masjed Soleyman have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Naft Masjed Soleyman have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Aluminium Arak have scored 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 | Esteghlal | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 25 |
| 3 | Persepolis | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Sanat Naft | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Foolad | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Gol Gohar | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Aluminium Arak | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Tractor Sazi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Mes Rafsanjan | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Paykan | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Padideh Khorasan | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Saipa | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Zob Ahan | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 5 |