Zob Ahan are putting faith in their home advantage to aid them when playing this fixture hosting Sanat Naft. Who will win at Folād Shahr Stadium?
- Zob Ahan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Sanat Naft have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Zob Ahan and Sanat Naft 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's struggle is real here at Folād Shahr Stadium with only 7 points collected from 7 Persian Gulf Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4.
Stress levels are on the rise for Zob Ahan's attacking players as they have now played 205 minutes without scoring in a league game. Jahani was their last goal scorer.
Before that, Zob Ahan had a Persian Gulf Pro League home game versus Gol Gohar which ended with a victory 0-0. In the match before that, Ahan hosted Gol Gohar and drew the Persian Gulf Pro League game 0-0. Preceding that match was the home Persian Gulf Pro League game against Gol Gohar that was lost 0-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Zob Ahan's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.
The lack of attacking qualities in Zob Ahan means that they have only scored 3 goals in 7 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Zob Ahan have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Sanat Naft form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sanat Naft so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Havadar at their stadium, the result 2-1. Ahead of that match was the Persian Gulf Pro League away draw versus Havadar that ended 2-1. Preceding that game, the 2-1 loss visiting Havadar's place.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Sanat Naft playing away, we found five games. Results were one away win, zero draws and four home wins.
The attacking power of Sanat Naft when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Sanat Naft have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sanat Naft - Ahan 0-1 was the end result in these squads' latest head to head match, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zob Ahan five wins, four draws and Sanat Naft one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Jahani 2 goals | A. Rostami 2 goals |   H. Nasari 2 goals |
Zob Ahan missing players
Sanat Naft missing players
| Zob Ahan | Sanat Naft | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 87% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 80% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 53% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 14% | 20% |
| 40% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 40% |
| 60% | 71% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 71% | 60% |
| 3.3 | 2.6 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5.7 | 5.6 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 33% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | 31% |
| 6.3 | 6.9 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 9.1 | 10.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
- Sanat Naft have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sanat Naft have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Zob Ahan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Zob Ahan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zob Ahan have won significantly less 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 | Esteghlal | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | Aluminium Arak | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Paykan | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Foolad | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Gol Gohar | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 21 |
| 9 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Sanat Naft | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Zob Ahan | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Havadar | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Fajr Sepasi | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -12 | 11 |
| 16 | Padideh Khorasan | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | -19 | 4 |
