With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Persian Gulf Pro League game of the season. Sepahan look forward to welcoming Aluminium Arak in front of their home support.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sepahan and Aluminium Arak.
Sepahan form and stats
The fans are hoping that Sepahan will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Persian Gulf Pro League game against Gol Gohar (placed 3rd). Ahead of that match, Sepahan won a home game hosting Al Sadd (2-1).
Sepahan are traveling soon after this match as the Persian Gulf Pro League match at Tractor Sazi awaits in three days.
Last season, Sepahan's league statistics were 12 wins, 13 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Over these 30 matches they scored 39 goals and conceded 22. Playing at home last season Sepahan managed 9-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 8 conceded.
Aluminium Arak form and stats
Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Aluminium are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Aluminium might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Nassaji Mazandaran proved too strong as Aluminium Arak slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Imam Khomeini Stadium.
A quick return to home after this game, as Aluminium are hosting Mes Rafsanjan in the Persian Gulf Pro League only three days away.
Let's have a look at how Aluminium Arak performed last season in the Azadegan League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 12 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 8 and lost 3 with 13/11 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Sepahan missing players
Aluminium Arak missing players
| Sepahan | Aluminium Arak | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Sepahan | Last season | Aluminium Arak | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 14 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Drew | D | 8 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Scored | S | 13 | 40 | ||
| 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | ||
| 79% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 76% | 82% | ||
| 69% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 47% | 50% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 26% | ||
| 14% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 38% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 38% | ||
| 59% | 71% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 6 | ||
| 305 | 185 | Total Shots | T S | 70 | 201 | ||
| 109 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 73 | ||
| 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 49% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Padideh Khorasan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Gol Gohar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Esteghlal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Foolad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Zob Ahan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Persepolis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Saipa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Tractor Sazi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Sepahan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Mes Rafsanjan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Aluminium Arak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Mes Rafsanjan | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 56 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 27 | 67 |
| 2 | Aluminium Arak | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 63 |
| 3 | Mes Kerman | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 42 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 63 |
| 4 | Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 59 |
| 5 | Baderan | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 55 |
| 6 | Persepolis Pakdasht | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 45 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 55 |
| 7 | Navad Urmia | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 52 |
| 8 | Oxin Alborz | 34 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 39 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 51 |
| 9 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 48 |
| 10 | Fajr Sepasi | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 45 |
| 11 | Arman Gohar | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 27 | -2 | 43 |
| 12 | Damash Gilanian | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 25 | -8 | 42 |
| 13 | Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 31 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 37 |
| 14 | Qashqai | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 24 | -5 | 37 |
| 15 | Malavan | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 26 | -9 | 35 |
| 16 | Niroye Zamini | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 46 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -14 | 33 |
| 17 | Sepidrood Rasht | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 27 | -22 | 30 |
| 18 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 34 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 85 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 49 | -71 | 10 |