Struggling Zob Ahan will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Persepolis in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Zob Ahan and Persepolis 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
Zob Ahan have played 6 Persian Gulf Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Zob Ahan bring valid hopes of a third.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
Zob Ahan drew their last game, 0-0 away at Naft Masjed Soleyman (placed 7th). Before that, Zob Ahan had a home game versus Foolad which ended with a victory 1-0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Zob Ahan, as the Persian Gulf Pro League home game vs Nassaji Mazandaran is only four days away.
Zob Ahan are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. 6 goals have been conceded.
Persepolis form and stats
Playing away, Persepolis have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the Persian Gulf Pro League this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Persepolis, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Persepolis are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Hazfi Cup against Sanat Naft (placed 6th). Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Naft Masjed Soleyman.
Persepolis are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Persepolis are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zob Ahan 4 wins, 3 draws and Persepolis 3 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Motahari 4 goals |   M. Torabi 3 goals |  A. Alipour 3 goals |
Zob Ahan missing players
Persepolis missing players
| Zob Ahan | Persepolis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 58% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 20% | 27% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 20% | 18% |
| 17% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 9% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 9% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 42% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.8 | 5 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.6 | 4 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 98 | 57 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 42 | 97 |
| 29 | 18 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 17 | 34 |
| 34% | 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 41% | 26% |
- Persepolis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Persepolis have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Persepolis have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Persepolis haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Sepahan | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Padideh Khorasan | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 4 | Persepolis | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Foolad | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Sanat Naft | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 19 |
| 7 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Tractor Sazi | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Machine Sazi | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 10 | Paykan | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Zob Ahan | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Saipa | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 14 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Gol Gohar | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -17 | 4 |