Match Report
Zob Ahan went into the game 14th in the table on 6 points; Foolad sat 7th on 9 — a 3-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Zob Ahan 0.5 scored and 0.83 conceded per game, Foolad 0.83 and 0.5, with the league averaging 0.87.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Foolad, having scored in 6 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Zob Ahan held 5 points of 15 and Foolad 13.
10 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Zob Ahan 2, draws 3, Foolad 5, at 1.6 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 70% of the meetings won by the home side. Historically tight: 20% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Folād Shahr Stadium (capacity 15,559). The referee was S. Mahdavi, with 46 matches in our database and 0.7 yellows per game on average. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.