The Persian Gulf Pro League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Zob Ahan and Paykan are placed 10th and 7th respectively.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Zob Ahan form and stats
A Persian Gulf Pro League draw at home so far for Zob Ahan. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 15 matches.
Ahan manager L. Bonačić and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Machine Sazi (placed 14th) in the Persian Gulf Pro League. In the match before that, Ahan hosted Foolad and drew the game 2-2.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Persian Gulf Pro League game versus Padideh Khorasan in only one day. This game is also played here at Folād Shahr Stadium.
Zob Ahan has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Paykan form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Persian Gulf Pro League ended in defeat. Last season Paykan had these away match statistics: Played 15; won 1, drew 8 and lost 6.
A. Ghaderi scored in Paykan's previous match, the home game against Padideh Khorasan that ended 1-0. Prior to that match, the Paykan manager A. Veysi faced defeat when travelling to Sanat Naft and losing 1-2.
Paykan has another fixture away, a Persian Gulf Pro League game, against Gol Gohar in just one days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
1 goal so far away for Paykan, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Zob Ahan-Paykan H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ahan six wins, Paykan two wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Bjedov 2 goals |  A. Ghaderi 1 goals | H. Haghverdi 1 goals |
Zob Ahan missing players
Paykan missing players
| Zob Ahan | Paykan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 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 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| Zob Ahan | Last season | Paykan | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 8 | 11 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 38 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Conceded | C | 21 | 44 | ||
| 83% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 83% | ||
| 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | ||
| 47% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 47% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 37% | ||
| 13% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 53% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 37% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 27% | ||
| 27% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 30% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 246 | 153 | Total Shots | T S | 93 | 181 | ||
| 80 | 44 | Shots on Target | S O | 37 | 75 | ||
| 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 45% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Foolad | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Persepolis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Padideh Khorasan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Esteghlal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Paykan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Sanat Naft | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Sepahan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Zob Ahan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Saipa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Machine Sazi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Aluminium Arak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Mes Rafsanjan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 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 |