Struggling Zob Ahan cross their fingers to pull off a surprise when they welcome top team Esteghlal in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 11th vs 4th and the home crowd will have not-so-high expectations.
- Zob Ahan have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Esteghlal have not yet lost a game away.
Zob Ahan and Esteghlal 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.
Zob Ahan form and stats
When playing at home in the Persian Gulf Pro League, Zob Ahan have managed 1 win, 3 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.
Zob Ahan are confident in defense, having played 338 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Zob Ahan travelled for their previous game, a trip to Nassaji Mazandaran that ended 0-0.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Paykan.Sports betting people who enjoy gambling for low-scoring games might be interested to know that this club have played 8 league fixtures in a row with two or less goals (under 2.5).
Ahan aren't scoring a lot here at Folād Shahr Stadium in the league, with only {2 goals} from 4 games. Zob Ahan have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.
Esteghlal form and stats
The seven points Esteghlal have gathered from their first three away trips in the Persian Gulf Pro League is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
Esteghlal's last game was the home draw against Foolad (1-1). Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three games in a row for the away side? The answer is Mohebi and that is quite the feat!
Prior to that result Esteghlal won their away game at Gol Gohar. The scoreline was 2-1.Esteghlal are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ahan one win, three draws and Esteghlal six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Yamga 3 goals |  M. Mohebi 3 goals |  A. Ghasemi 2 goals |
Zob Ahan missing players
Esteghlal missing players
| Zob Ahan | Esteghlal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 38% | 25% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 62% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 62% | 75% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 38% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 38% |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4.8 |
| 1.8 | 2.5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 5.3 |
| 0.8 | 0.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 1.8 | 3 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 2.7 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1.2 |
- Esteghlal have created more than twice as many corners as Zob Ahan.
- Esteghlal have not yet lost a game away.
- Esteghlal have scored more than double the goals of Zob Ahan.
- Esteghlal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Esteghlal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Zob Ahan have not yet lost a game.
- Zob Ahan have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Persian Gulf Pro League
- Zob Ahan have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Persepolis | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Gol Gohar | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Esteghlal | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Foolad | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Mes Rafsanjan | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Aluminium Arak | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Havadar | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Zob Ahan | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | Paykan | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 13 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -10 | 8 |
| 14 | Mes Kerman | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Malavan | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Sanat Naft | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
