Zob Ahan will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 25 points behind Persepolis.
It's no vacation for neither Zob Ahan nor Persepolis as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Zob Ahan form and stats
Zob Ahan's struggle is real here at Folād Shahr Stadium with only 10 points collected from 11 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 1-7-3. Zob Ahan has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Esteghlal defeat.Zob Ahan are returning here after visiting Paykan in a Persian Gulf Pro League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Al Wasl.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Zob Ahan here at Folād Shahr Stadium, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 11 games). Zob Ahan have only conceded 10 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Persepolis form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Persian Gulf Pro League, on their travels is 4 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Zob Ahan. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Persepolis are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.Persepolis are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Persian Gulf Pro League against Saipa. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Al Ahli in the AFC Champions League.
Persepolis are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 12 games. Persepolis are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Zob Ahan and Persepolis have met before this season: Persepolis - Zob Ahan 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zob Ahan 4 wins, 2 draws and Persepolis 4 victories.Top Goalscorers
  A. Alipour 12 goals |  S. Nemati 5 goals |   A. Motahari 4 goals |
Zob Ahan missing players
Persepolis missing players
| Zob Ahan | Persepolis | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | Played | 12 | 25 |
| 19 | 9 | Scored | 12 | 33 |
| 23 | 10 | Conceded | 7 | 12 |
| 75% | 64% | Over 0.5 | 75% | 80% |
| 50% | 55% | Over 1.5 | 58% | 56% |
| 33% | 36% | Over 2.5 | 17% | 28% |
| 12% | 18% | Over 3.5 | 8% | 12% |
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 4% |
| 42% | 45% | Both teams to score | 50% | 40% |
| 42% | 45% | Clean Sheet | 50% | 60% |
| 42% | 45% | Failed To Score | 25% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
- Zob Ahan is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 | D | P |
| 1 | Persepolis | 25 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 54 |
| 2 | Tractor Sazi | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 49 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 24 | 47 |
| 4 | Sepahan | 25 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 47 |
| 5 | Padideh Khorasan | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 46 |
| 6 | Foolad | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 33 |
| 7 | Saipa | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -1 | 31 |
| 8 | Zob Ahan | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 29 |
| 9 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 28 |
| 10 | Machine Sazi | 25 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 25 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Paykan | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 25 |
| 13 | Sanat Naft | 25 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 24 |
| 14 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -15 | 19 |
| 15 | Sepidrood Rasht | 25 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -25 | 18 |
| 16 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 25 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -23 | 16 |
