Match Report
12 points and 8 places separated them: Foolad 7th with 31, Zob Ahan 15th with 19. On the form table Foolad stood 1st over the last five rounds, despite being 7th overall.
Foolad had not lost in 7 games.
9 meetings are on record — 4 won by Foolad, 2 by Zob Ahan, 3 drawn, at 1.44 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 67% of the meetings. These meetings skew tight — only 11% saw more than two goals.
Goal scorers
Foolad: Mohammad Reza Soleimani (43'), Arash Akbarzadeh (90') · Zob Ahan: Pedram Ghazipour (44')