The season is still fairly new and the Persian Gulf Pro League table has to be read with caution. So far Sanat Naft find themselves in 10th position and Zob Ahan are placed 11th.
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.
Sanat Naft form and stats
The hosts won their first Persian Gulf Pro League game here at Takhti Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Sanat Naft last season were 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses from 15 games.
An away draw last time out for Sanat, facing Padideh Khorasan in a game that ended 1-1. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Persepolis.
At Takhti Stadium, Sanat Naft has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Zob Ahan form and stats
One match played away so far in the Persian Gulf Pro League for Zob Ahan and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses from 15 games. Ahan have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
Zob Ahan delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Paykan (placed 9th) in their previous match; a Persian Gulf Pro League game. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Machine Sazi.
It's early days yet, but Zob Ahan has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sanat won zero games, five matches ended with a draw and Zob Ahan has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  T. Rikani 3 goals |   D. Bjedov 2 goals |
Sanat Naft missing players
Zob Ahan missing players
| Sanat Naft | Zob Ahan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 1.3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| Sanat Naft | Last season | Zob Ahan | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 29 | 23 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Conceded | C | 19 | 39 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 83% | ||
| 57% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | ||
| 27% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 47% | ||
| 17% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 10% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 13% | ||
| 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | ||
| 27% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 37% | ||
| 40% | 13% | 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 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6.5 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 8.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 38% | 50% | 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Foolad | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Saipa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Persepolis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Padideh Khorasan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Paykan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Sanat Naft | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Zob Ahan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Machine Sazi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 15 | Aluminium Arak | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Mes Rafsanjan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Persepolis | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 29 | 67 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 55 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 24 | 53 |
| 3 | Foolad | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 51 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 50 |
| 5 | Sepahan | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 39 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 49 |
| 6 | Padideh Khorasan | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 46 |
| 7 | Sanat Naft | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 41 |
| 8 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 30 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 38 |
| 9 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -2 | 38 |
| 10 | Gol Gohar | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 33 |
| 11 | Machine Sazi | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 24 | -12 | 31 |
| 12 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 19 | -8 | 30 |
| 13 | Paykan | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -6 | 29 |
| 14 | Saipa | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -11 | 29 |
| 15 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 30 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 27 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 30 | -31 | 22 |