It's still early in the Persian Gulf Pro League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Persepolis - Zob Ahan preview!
- Persepolis has the fewest conceded goals (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Persepolis form and stats
Perfect Persian Gulf Pro League season at home so far for Persepolis, who have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League, 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Persepolis are confident in defense, having played 450 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Persepolis's previous game was a Persian Gulf Pro League match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Padideh Khorasan (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. 0-0 away at Naft Masjed Soleyman before that.
Persepolis has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Zob Ahan form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Persian Gulf Pro League for Zob Ahan with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
M. Jahani was the last player to score for the away team. Ahan haven't scored a league goal in the last 235 minutes.
The manager L. Bonačić was unhappy after their last game, a Persian Gulf Pro League match played at their home ground Folād Shahr Stadium. Ahan suffered a 0-2 loss to Padideh Khorasan (placed 7th). A 0-1 defeat away at Sanat Naft before that.
Zob Ahan have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Persepolis won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Zob Ahan has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  D. Bjedov 2 goals |   S. Hosseini Khoskebijari 1 goals | A. Nourollahi 1 goals |
Persepolis missing players
Zob Ahan missing players
| Persepolis | Zob Ahan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 12.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| 27% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 36% |
- Persepolis has the fewest conceded goals (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Persepolis has the most clean sheets (4) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Persepolis has the the best goal difference (+4) at home in Persian Gulf Pro League
| Persepolis | Last season | Zob Ahan | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 43 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 19 | 39 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 83% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | ||
| 34% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 47% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 13% | ||
| 28% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | ||
| 55% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 37% | ||
| 21% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 40% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gol Gohar | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Paykan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Sanat Naft | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Padideh Khorasan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Foolad | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Saipa | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Sepahan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Tractor Sazi | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Aluminium Arak | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Zob Ahan | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Mes Rafsanjan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 2 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 1 |