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Competition: Iran Persian Gulf Pro League
Date: Thu 16.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium (1000 seats)

Naft Masjed Soleyman hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 21 points and a 14th position in the Persian Gulf Pro League table. Visiting Zob Ahan holds 6th place with 39 pts.

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!

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Naft Masjed Soleyman form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season. Naft Masjed Soleyman, who have the fewest scored goals (14) in Persian Gulf Pro League, have only managed 1 win, 9 draws and 4 losses so far from their games here at Behnam Mohammadi Stadium. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 15 attempts. Naft Masjed Soleyman are slowly digging their own grave here at Behnam Mohammadi Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Paykan match.

Naft Masjed Soleyman lost their last game at Paykan after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that, Naft Masjed Soleyman drew at home versus Sepidrood Rasht.

Naft Masjed Soleyman have scored 8 goals here in 14 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Naft Masjed Soleyman have conceded only 12 goals.

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Zob Ahan form and stats

6-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Zob Ahan in their matches away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Esteghlal game have they lost an away game, meaning Zob Ahan has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

The supporters enjoyed Zob Ahan's previous game versus Foolad, a Persian Gulf Pro League 3-1 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Al Zawra'a.

The attacking power of Zob Ahan when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored in 14 matches. It's not easy to score on Zob Ahan as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Zob Ahan - Naft Masjed Soleyman 0-0 played earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 0 Naft Masjed Soleyman victories, 2 draws and 1 Zob Ahan win. 0 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Motahari
4 goals
A. Afaghi
2 goals
E. Sharifat
2 goals

Naft Masjed Soleyman missing players

Zob Ahan missing players

Naft Masjed Soleyman Zob Ahan
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played 5 14 29
3 1 1 Won 3 6 9
12 9 2 Drew 1 4 12
14 4 1 Lost 1 4 8
14 8 2 Scored 5 12 26
32 12 2 Conceded 2 13 26
79% 71% 75% Over 0.5 80% 86% 76%
48% 50% 25% Over 1.5 40% 50% 55%
24% 14% 0% Over 2.5 20% 29% 31%
7% 7% 0% Over 3.5 0% 7% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 7% 3%
34% 43% 25% BTTS 20% 36% 38%
28% 36% 50% Clean Sheets 60% 43% 45%
59% 50% 50% Failed To Score 40% 36% 41%
 
2.4 3 2.7 Corners For (avg) 6 3.9 5
4.6 3.4 4.3 Corners Against (avg) 3.5 3.3 3.7
2.6 2.6 2.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.2 2.2 2.2
4 2 1 Red Cards 0 3 6
Key stats this season:
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Naft Masjed Soleyman have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Zob Ahan have created more than twice as many corners as Naft Masjed Soleyman.
  • Zob Ahan have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Naft Masjed Soleyman
All Azadegan League Hazfi Cup Persian Gulf Pro League
All Home Away
08-03-19 Pe Esteghlal 1 - 0 Naft Masjed Soleyman
14-03-19 Pe Naft Masjed Soleyman 0 - 1 Saipa
31-03-19 Pe Sepahan 1 - 0 Naft Masjed Soleyman
04-04-19 Pe Naft Masjed Soleyman 1 - 1 Machine Sazi
12-04-19 Pe Padideh Khorasan 3 - 0 Naft Masjed Soleyman
18-04-19 Pe Naft Masjed Soleyman 0 - 0 Esteghlal Khuzestan
27-04-19 Pe Sanat Naft 3 - 1 Naft Masjed Soleyman
03-05-19 Pe Naft Masjed Soleyman 1 - 1 Sepidrood Rasht
11-05-19 Pe Paykan 1 - 0 Naft Masjed Soleyman
16-05-19 Pe Naft Masjed Soleyman 17:00 Zob Ahan
Zob Ahan
All AFC Champions League Hazfi Cup Persian Gulf Pro League
All Home Away
13-04-19 Pe Paykan 0 - 1 Zob Ahan
17-04-19 Pe Zob Ahan 0 - 0 Persepolis
23-04-19 ACL Zob Ahan 2 - 0 Al Wasl
26-04-19 Pe Zob Ahan 2 - 0 Tractor Sazi
30-04-19 Pe Zob Ahan 0 - 2 Saipa
03-05-19 Pe Pars Jam Bushehr 0 - 2 Zob Ahan
07-05-19 ACL Al Zawra'a 2 - 2 Zob Ahan
11-05-19 Pe Zob Ahan 3 - 1 Foolad
16-05-19 Pe Naft Masjed Soleyman 17:00 Zob Ahan
21-05-19 ACL Zob Ahan 18:00 Al Nassr

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Persepolis 29 15 13 1 35 14 15 11 4 0 22 6 14 4 9 1 13 8 21 58
2 Sepahan 29 14 13 2 44 20 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 6 8 1 23 12 24 55
3 Esteghlal 29 15 9 5 38 12 14 8 5 1 18 3 15 7 4 4 20 9 26 54
4 Padideh Khorasan 29 15 8 6 30 15 15 10 3 2 20 6 14 5 5 4 10 9 15 53
5 Tractor Sazi 29 14 9 6 40 23 15 10 3 2 27 9 14 4 6 4 13 14 17 51
6 Zob Ahan 29 9 12 8 26 26 15 3 8 4 14 13 14 6 4 4 12 13 0 39
7 Saipa 29 9 11 9 28 30 14 5 6 3 15 12 15 4 5 6 13 18 -2 38
8 Foolad 29 9 10 10 28 37 14 4 6 4 15 18 15 5 4 6 13 19 -9 37
9 Paykan 29 9 8 12 27 33 15 5 3 7 14 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 -6 35
10 Sanat Naft 29 6 16 7 28 30 15 4 9 2 15 14 14 2 7 5 13 16 -2 34
11 Nassaji Mazandaran 29 6 15 8 27 29 14 4 8 2 13 9 15 2 7 6 14 20 -2 33
12 Pars Jam Bushehr 29 7 9 13 28 32 14 5 6 3 18 13 15 2 3 10 10 19 -4 30
13 Machine Sazi 29 4 17 8 18 24 14 2 7 5 7 11 15 2 10 3 11 13 -6 29
14 Naft Masjed Soleyman 29 3 12 14 14 32 14 1 9 4 8 12 15 2 3 10 6 20 -18 21
15 Sepidrood Rasht 29 3 11 15 23 51 15 2 5 8 14 30 14 1 6 7 9 21 -28 20
16 Esteghlal Khuzestan 29 3 9 17 19 45 15 2 4 9 10 20 14 1 5 8 9 25 -26 18

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