The league table in Persian Gulf Pro League tells a story about these teams so far, with Tractor Sazi leading Aluminium Arak by 4 points. Match preview to follow:
- Aluminium Arak have yet to win a game away.
Tractor Sazi and Aluminium Arak should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Tractor Sazi form and stats
With 1 Persian Gulf Pro League win, 3 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Tractor Sazi are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Tractor Sazi are returning here after visiting Gol Gohar in a Persian Gulf Pro League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. M. Abbaszadeh and E. Hajsafi scored the goal(s). Preceding that match was the home game against Esteghlal that was lost 1-3.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Tractor here at Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 6 games). From these home matches, Tractor have conceded only 5 goals.
Aluminium Arak form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Persian Gulf Pro League travels is 0 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Aluminium Arak are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Persian Gulf Pro League against Persepolis (placed 9th). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Gol Gohar.
Goals are few and far between in Aluminium's away league games. Only 2 goals from 5 travels. As opposed to that, Aluminium have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Abbaszadeh 7 goals |  H. Pakdel 5 goals | S. Bagherpasand 3 goals |
Tractor Sazi missing players
Aluminium Arak missing players
| Tractor Sazi | Aluminium Arak | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 60% | 67% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 40% | 50% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 42% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 42% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 80% | 58% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.8 | 11.3 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 6.8 | 7.5 |
| 4.1 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 36% |
- Aluminium Arak have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Aluminium Arak have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Sanat Naft | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Foolad | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Paykan | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Saipa | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Persepolis | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | Gol Gohar | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 11 | Aluminium Arak | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Mes Rafsanjan | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Padideh Khorasan | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 15 | Zob Ahan | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Machine Sazi | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -12 | 4 |