The Persepolis & Aluminium Arak bosses Golmohammadi and Khatibi are both afraid of and feeling excited about this key game in the higher regions of the Persian Gulf Pro League league table.
- Persepolis have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Persepolis have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Aluminium Arak have scored away.
Both sides have had time to rest since their previous game. Let's aim for an enthusiastic fixture!
Persepolis form and stats
Persepolis have been very solid at home in the Persian Gulf Pro League so far, with 23 points collected from 9 matches (7-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. Persepolis has a nice streak going on as they have played 14 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Aluminium Arak defeat 109 days ago.
Persepolis enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Nassaji Mazandaran's place. The match ended 3-1 with Kamyabinia and Amiri scoring.
Ahead of that match, Persepolis won a home game hosting Foolad (1-0).The Persepolis fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. Persepolis are not conceding a lot of goals here at Azadi Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.
Aluminium Arak form and stats
There's been little loot from Aluminium Arak's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Aluminium Arak only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 5 draws.
Two away games in a row for Aluminium Arak, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Foolad.
A draw for Aluminium before that, at their own venue hosting Padideh Khorasan (2-2).Many goals are not expected from the visiting Aluminium Arak as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Aluminium Arak as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H match ended Aluminium Arak - Persepolis 1-0, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Persepolis one win, zero draws and Aluminium Arak two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Abdi Qara 5 goals | I. Alekasir 4 goals | M. Torabi 3 goals |
Persepolis missing players
Aluminium Arak missing players
| Persepolis | Aluminium Arak | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 94% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 62% | 65% |
| 59% | 56% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 24% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 41% | 56% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 59% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 41% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.7 | 8.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 3.9 | 6.2 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 56% | 35% |
| 5.8 | 4.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
- Aluminium Arak have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Persepolis have not yet lost a game at home.
- Persepolis have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Persepolis have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Aluminium Arak have scored away.
- Persepolis have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Persepolis have the most points (23) at home in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Persepolis have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Persepolis haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 21 | 41 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Mes Rafsanjan | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Aluminium Arak | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Paykan | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Gol Gohar | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Sanat Naft | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Foolad | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Zob Ahan | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Havadar | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 17 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Fajr Sepasi | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 13 |
| 15 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -16 | 11 |
| 16 | Padideh Khorasan | 17 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -21 | 5 |
