Season ticket holders at Folād Shahr Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Zob Ahan languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Sanat Naft will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Zob Ahan form and stats
4-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Persian Gulf Pro League numbers at home for Zob Ahan so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Folād Shahr Stadium.
The fans are hoping that Zob Ahan will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Persian Gulf Pro League game against Tractor Sazi (placed 3rd). Before that, Zob Ahan had a home game versus Pars Jam Bushehr which ended with a victory 1-0.
Zob Ahan has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. On the other hand, Zob Ahan have conceded 9 goals.
Sanat Naft form and stats
As the visiting team in Persian Gulf Pro League matches, Sanat Naft have produced an overall stat of 3-3-3 so far.
The attacking players of Sanat Naft have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 188 minutes.
Sanat Naft failed to get anything from their last game, a Persian Gulf Pro League home match vs Persepolis (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. A 0-2 defeat away at Naft Masjed Soleyman before that.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Sanat Naft's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 9 matches. 9 goals have been conceded by Sanat Naft in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Sanat Naft - Zob Ahan 1-1, played this season. Zob Ahan-Sanat Naft H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zob Ahan four wins, Sanat Naft zero wins, six draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Alekasir 9 goals |   D. Esmaeilifar 2 goals | M. Ghoreishi 2 goals |
Zob Ahan missing players
Sanat Naft missing players
| Zob Ahan | Sanat Naft | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| 21 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 78% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 89% |
| 61% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 33% | 50% |
| 39% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 28% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 39% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 11% | 39% |
| 44% | 56% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 56% | 39% |
| 39% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 56% | 33% |
| 5.7 | 5.6 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 2.2 | 3.4 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 154 | 94 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 45 | 95 |
| 55 | 34 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 18 | 36 |
| 27% | 29% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 22% | 42% |
- Sanat Naft have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sanat Naft have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sanat Naft have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Zob Ahan have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sanat Naft have scored 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 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 40 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 35 |
| 3 | Tractor Sazi | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 33 |
| 4 | Esteghlal | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 32 |
| 5 | Padideh Khorasan | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Sanat Naft | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30 |
| 7 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Foolad | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Machine Sazi | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Saipa | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 12 | Zob Ahan | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 13 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | Paykan | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 15 | Gol Gohar | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -23 | 10 |