- Table · 15 v 29 pts
- 15th5th → 4th
Persian Gulf Pro LeagueMatchday 17Folād Shahr StadiumRef M. Heydari
This meeting
Events
ZOB 0–0 ESTE · 1–2 yellow- Full time 0–0
- Abolfazl Zamanifor Saleh Hardani
- Abolfazl Jalalifor Saeed Saharkhizan
- Mohammad Reza Azadifor Hossein Goudarzi
- Omid Latififor Sobhan Khaghani
- Munir El Haddadifor Mohammad Hossein Eslami
- Rustam AshurmatovYellow card
- Arash Mortazavifor Hassan Shoushtari
- Amirhossein Jeddifor Erfan Ghahremani
- Half-time 0–0
- Sobhan KhaghaniYellow card
- Saleh HardaniYellow card
- N. Entezarifor Pouya Mokhtari
Table after full time
Persian Gulf Pro League 2025/2026| # | Team | P | W-D-L | Goals | GD | Pts | Before |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | 8-7-2 | 19:10 | +9 | 31 | 1st | |
| 2 | 17 | 9-4-4 | 19:10 | +9 | 31 | 2nd | |
| 3 | 17 | 7-8-2 | 25:9 | +16 | 29 | 3rd | |
| 4 | 17 | 7-8-2 | 22:12 | +10 | 29 | 5th ▲1 | |
| 5 | 17 | 8-5-4 | 17:13 | +4 | 29 | 4th ▼1 | |
| 6 | 17 | 6-8-3 | 18:16 | +2 | 26 | 6th | |
| 13 | 17 | 4-4-9 | 11:18 | -7 | 16 | 13th | |
| 14 | 17 | 1-12-4 | 10:13 | -3 | 15 | 14th | |
| 15 | 17 | 2-9-6 | 9:15 | -6 | 15 | 15th | |
| 16 | 17 | 2-5-10 | 11:25 | -14 | 11 | 16th |
- Zob Ahan
- 15th14 → 15 pts
- Esteghlal
- 5th → 4th28 → 29 pts
Order: points, goal difference, goals scored. “Before” is the position at kick-off. Full table
Form
last 10 matches of each side, all competitions, before kick-off- 0-0D31 Oct
- 2-1W6 Nov
- 0-1L22 Nov
- 1-1D28 Nov
- 0-0D29 Nov
- 0-0D4 Dec
- 0-0D9 Dec
- 0-0D17 Dec
- 0-2L25 Dec
- 0-2L16 Jan
1-6-3goals 3:70.90pts/game
Bar: goals scored.
Score: own goals first.Pts/game: green ≥ 2.0 · blue ≥ 1.5 · amber ≥ 1.0 · red below
- 0-0D29 Nov
- 1-0W30 Nov
- 0-0D5 Dec
- 3-0W10 Dec
- 1-1D15 Dec
- 3-0W24 Dec
- 0-1L28 Dec
- 2-1W1 Jan
- 2-0W13 Jan
- 0-0D18 Jan
5-4-1goals 12:31.90pts/game
Matchday 17
Persian Gulf Pro League · the other 7 games- Tractor Sazi
4–1
Mes Rafsanjan - Malavan
1–2
Foolad - Aluminium Arak
2–2
Kheybar Khorramabad - Persepolis
2–1
Sepahan - Paykan
0–0
Esteghlal Khuzestan - Chadormalu SC
1–0
Shams Azar Qazvin - Gol Gohar
2–0
Fajr Sepasi
What stands out
- 4thfrom 5th
Esteghlal moved from 5th to 4th in the Persian Gulf Pro League table with this result.28 → 29 points after 17 matches; order by points, goal difference, goals scored.
- 0–0half-time
The match stood at 0–0 at half-time before a goalless second half (0–0 full time).
Lineups
Starting XIs- 30Sobhan KhaghaniYC ↓65′
- 33Pouya Mokhtari↓39′
- 17Jalalaldin Alimohammadi
- 19Pedram Ghazipour
- 51Mohammadali Khaledi
- 50Alireza Kazemi
- 10Ehsan PahlavanMF
- 23Amirhossein JeddiDF · ↑46′
- 28N. EntezariMF · ↑39′
- 70Omid LatifiFW · ↑65′
- 71Arash MortazaviFW · ↑58′
- 2Abolfazl HosseinifarDF
- 22A. RashediGK
- 24Behnam TeymourianDF
- 49Mohammad Hadi BaghbanFW
- 57Shahin TaherkhaniDF
SubstitutesCoaches: Ghasem Hadadifar · Ricardo Andrade Silva Sá Pinto (1.55 PPG)G goal · A assist · YC yellow · RC red · ↑ on · ↓ off
- 7Mohammad Reza AzadiFW · ↑76′
- 15Abolfazl ZamaniMF · ↑83′
- 17Munir El HaddadiFW · ↑62′
- 33Abolfazl JalaliDF · ↑76′
- 1Antonio AdánGK
- 3Armin SohrabianMF
- 55Aaref GholamiDF
- 60Seyed Aria HosseinifardGK
- 66Zargham SaadaviMF
- 72Abolfazl ZoleykhaeiDF
- 88Mehran AhmadiMF
Head-to-head
10 meetings on record since 20072-5-3Zob Ahan W-D-L · goals 13:14
2 ZOB5 draws3 ESTE- With Zob Ahan at home
- 1-4-1 (5:6)
- Goals per meeting
- 2.7
- Over 2.5 goals
- 50%
- Both teams scored
- 60%
- Won by the host
- 30%
- Last 5 (Zob Ahan)
- 1W 2D 2L · 3.2 goals/game
- Esteghlal3–3Zob AhanPersian Gulf Pro League
- Esteghlal0–3Zob AhanPersian Gulf Pro League
- Esteghlal2–1Zob AhanPersian Gulf Pro League
- Zob Ahan1–1EsteghlalPersian Gulf Pro League
- Zob Ahan0–2EsteghlalPersian Gulf Pro League
Show all 10 meetings
- Zob Ahan2–2EsteghlalPersian Gulf Pro League
- Esteghlal3–1Zob AhanAFC Champions League Elite
- Zob Ahan1–0EsteghlalAFC Champions League Elite
- Zob Ahan1–1EsteghlalPersian Gulf Pro League
- Zob Ahan0–0EsteghlalPersian Gulf Pro League
- Zob AhannextEsteghlalPersian Gulf Pro League
Referee
M. Heydari- Cards / match
- 5.25this match 3 (-2.25)
- Yellows / match
- 4.85this match 3
- Reds / match
- 0.40
- Penalties / match
- 0.2020% of matches
2.10Home 2.10 vs Away 2.75 yellows/match · +0.65 away · 5–3 red2.75
25%Results in 20 recent matches · draw 40%35%
home winsaway wins- With Zob Ahan
- 0-0-2 in 2 · 2 yellows/game
- With Esteghlal
- 1-0-0 in 1 · 3 yellows/game
Analysed latest 20 of 24 career matches.
Match info
- Competition
- Persian Gulf Pro League
- Season
- 2025/2026 · Matchday 17 of 25
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Folād Shahr Stadium, Fooladshahr
- Capacity
- 15,559 · grass
- Weather
- 6 °C · sky is clear · humidity 17%
- Referee
- M. Heydari
- ZOB coach
- Ghasem Hadadifar
- ESTE coach
- Ricardo Andrade Silva Sá Pinto (1.55 PPG)
Match summary
Zob Ahan and Esteghlal drew 0-0 in the Persian Gulf Pro League, Regular Season.
Before kickoff, Zob Ahan sat 15th on 14 points, while Esteghlal were 5th on 25 points. Across 10 previous meetings on record, Zob Ahan won 2 and Esteghlal won 3, with 5 draws (2.7 goals per game).
Zob Ahan — live results and scheduleEsteghlal — live results and scheduleHow we calculate this
Season comparison
as the teams came into the match- Goal markets & scoring rates · 15 games each
- 1.2Goals per game (both sides)1.93
- 47%Over 1.567%
- 7%Over 2.533%
- 0%Over 3.57%
- 20%Both teams scored40%
- 40%Clean sheets53%
- 73%Failed to score20%
- Zob Ahan at home v Esteghlal away
- 7Played7
- 1Won4
- 5Drawn3
- 1Lost0
- 4-3Goals (for-against)12-3
- 1.14Points per game2.14
- 0%Over 2.543%
- 57%Clean sheets57%
- 1st half vs 2nd half scoring · 15 games each
- 3-31st-half goals (for-against)14-5
- 3-92nd-half goals (for-against)8-2
- 50%Goals after half-time36%
- 40%Goal before half-time87%
- 3-9-3Half-time W-D-L8-5-2
Expected vs happened
as of kick-off23%Model · draw 31%46%
- Projected goals
- 0.74 – 1.18total 1.92 · from goals per game before kick-off
- Most likely scores
- 0–1 17.3%0–0 14.6%1–1 12.8%
| Outcome | Model | Happened |
|---|---|---|
| Zob Ahan win | 23% | No |
| Draw | 31% | Yes |
| Esteghlal win | 46% | No |
| Over 1.5 goals | 57% | No |
| Over 2.5 goals | 30% | No |
| Over 3.5 goals | 13% | No |
| Both teams to score | 36% | No |
| Zob Ahan clean sheet | 31% | Yes |
| Esteghlal clean sheet | 48% | Yes |
Model: Poisson rates from goals scored and conceded per game (not expected goals). How we calculate this
Updated