Zob Ahan vs Esteghlal Khuzestan

Iran • Persian Gulf Pro League • 2026/2027 • Round 11

Zob Ahan

12:0030 October 2026

Esteghlal Khuzestan

Match information

Country: Iran
Competition: Persian Gulf Pro League
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 11
Date: 30 October 2026
Kick-off: 12:00
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium

Prediction

Zob Ahan win45%

Draw34%

Esteghlal Khuzestan win21%

Full prediction

Clubs

Zob Ahan

Founded: 1969
Country: Iran
Stadium: Folād Shahr Stadium
City: Fooladshahr
Capacity: 20 000
Surface: grass

Esteghlal Khuzestan

Founded: 2011
Country: Iran
Stadium: Ahvāz Takhti
City: Ahwaz
Capacity: 30 000
Surface: grass

Recent form

Zob Ahan

LDLLD

Esteghlal Khuzestan

LWLLW

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
13	Malavan	9	-4	9
14	Esteghlal Khuzestan	10	-7	9
15	Zob Ahan	10	-4	8
16	Shams Azar Qazvin	10	-5	7

Full standings

Head-to-head

25 December 2025 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Esteghlal Khuzestan 2 : 0 Zob Ahan (Half-time 1 : 0)
17 April 2025 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Zob Ahan 1 : 0 Esteghlal Khuzestan (Half-time 1 : 0)
10 December 2024 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Esteghlal Khuzestan 0 : 0 Zob Ahan (Half-time 0 : 0)
13 March 2024 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Zob Ahan 0 : 2 Esteghlal Khuzestan (Half-time 0 : 1)
21 September 2023 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Esteghlal Khuzestan 1 : 2 Zob Ahan (Half-time 1 : 1)

Full H2H

1X2 odds

Bookmaker	1	X	2
Marathon	2.42	2.88	2.80
1xBet	2.42	2.88	2.80
Betano	2.52	2.87	2.90
Dafabet	2.50	3.00	2.90

Best odds: 1 - 2.52 | X - 3.00 | 2 - 2.90

Double Chance

1X: 1.35
X2: 1.50
12: 1.35

Both Teams To Score

Yes: 2.19
No: 1.60

Over / Under

Over 0.5: 1.12
Under 0.5: 5.80
Over 1.5: 1.55
Under 1.5: 2.25
Over 2.5: 2.62
Under 2.5: 1.42
Over 3.5: 5.30
Under 3.5: 1.14
Over 4.5: 9.10
Under 4.5: 1.04

Asian Handicap

Handicap	Zob Ahan	Esteghlal Khuzestan
-1.5 / +1.5	5.40	1.09
-1 / +1	4.40	1.14
0 / 0	1.71	1.96
+1 / -1	1.09	5.40
+1.5 / -1.5	1.05	6.45

Match result probability

Zob Ahan win45%

Draw34%

Esteghlal Khuzestan win21%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 79%
X2: 55%
12: 66%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 49%
Under 1.5: 51%
Over 2.5: 23%
Under 2.5: 77%
Over 3.5: 8%
Under 3.5: 92%

Both teams to score

Yes: 29%
No: 71%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Zob Ahan	Esteghlal Khuzestan
+4.5 / -4.5	100%	0%
+3.5 / -3.5	100%	0%
+2.5 / -2.5	99%	1%
+1.5 / -1.5	95%	5%
+0.5 / -0.5	79%	21%
-0.5 / +0.5	45%	55%
-1.5 / +1.5	18%	82%
-2.5 / +2.5	5%	95%
-3.5 / +3.5	1%	99%
-4.5 / +4.5	0%	100%

Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.

Coaches

Zob Ahan: M. Rabiei
Esteghlal Khuzestan: A. Khalifeh Asl

Squad - Zob Ahan

#	Player	Age
Goalkeepers
1	Hassan Pourhamidi	28
30	Davoud Noushi Soufiani	36
Defenders
2	Abolfazl Hosseinifar	22
3	Saeed Karimi	29
4	Arash Ghaderi	28
6	Ali Shojaei	29
9	Ali Azadmanesh	31
23	Amirhossein Jeddi	28
43	Hossein Jorgeh	21
51	Alireza Abbasi	20
55	Behnam Teymourian	22
75	Seyed Hosseini	31
Midfielders
7	Mohammadjavad Mohammadi	30
14	Pouya Mokhtari	25
17	Jalalaldin Alimohammadi	36
18	Amin Jahan Kohan	33
28	Nima Entezari	30
68	Abolfazl Mohammadi	21
88	Farshid Esmaeili	32
Forwards
9	Mohhamad Khaledi	20
10	Omid Latifi	27
11	Rahman Jafari	29
19	Hadi Baghban	21
20	Amirhossein Bahador	24
21	Mohammad Khaledi	20
42	Hadi Ghaibipour	20
57	Shahin Taherkhani	29
71	Arash Mortazavi	20
77	Alireza Kazemi	27
99	Mahmoud Ghaed Rahmati	34
	Ali Eslami	24

Squad - Esteghlal Khuzestan

#	Player	Age
Goalkeepers
1	Mohammadjavad Kia	25
22	Amir Mombeini	19
55	Abolfazl Jamei Qamsari	21
78	Amin Rezaei Mohammad	30
Defenders
2	Nima Andarz	20
3	Abolfazl Soleimani	25
4	Aram Abbasi	32
13	Mehdi Mousavi	20
15	Alireza Karami	22
18	Wesam Saki	19
44	Mohammad Ahle Shakhe	33
66	Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh	32
75	Farzad Jafari	33
77	Mohammadmehdi Ahmadi	25
Midfielders
5	Mohammad Soltanimehr	27
6	Mohammad Sharifi	26
8	Hamid Bouhamdan	37
12	Erfan Sazegari	23
16	Abbas Sharafi	23
40	Mojtaba Haghdoost	30
45	Omid Mohammadi	20
87	Amin Rezaei	30
88	Mohammadhossein Zavari	25
Forwards
7	Aref Rostami	30
10	Amir Savaed	22
11	Arman Mardani	25
21	Sepehr Simanpour	-
23	Amirhossein Farhadi	26
34	Javad Zergani	19
37	Mahan Bandani	20
	Sajjad Bazgir	32

Head-to-head

Last 5 meetings

Zob Ahan wins2

Draws1

Esteghlal Khuzestan wins2

Goals: Zob Ahan: 3 (0.6)
Goals: Esteghlal Khuzestan: 5 (1.0)
Goals per match: 1.6
Both teams scored: 1 / 5
Over 2.5 goals: 1 / 5

Results

25 December 2025 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Esteghlal Khuzestan 2 : 0 Zob Ahan (Half-time 1 : 0)
17 April 2025 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Zob Ahan 1 : 0 Esteghlal Khuzestan (Half-time 1 : 0)
10 December 2024 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Esteghlal Khuzestan 0 : 0 Zob Ahan (Half-time 0 : 0)
13 March 2024 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Zob Ahan 0 : 2 Esteghlal Khuzestan (Half-time 0 : 1)
21 September 2023 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Esteghlal Khuzestan 1 : 2 Zob Ahan (Half-time 1 : 1)

Form: last 10 matches

	Zob Ahan	Esteghlal Khuzestan
W-D-L	1-5-4	2-3-5
Scored (per match)	6 (0.6)	7 (0.7)
Conceded (per match)	10 (1.0)	14 (1.4)
Clean sheets	4 / 10	3 / 10
Both teams scored	5 / 10	4 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	3 / 10	3 / 10

Recent form - Zob Ahan

D23 October 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Aluminium Arak 0 : 0 Zob Ahan (Half-time 0 : 0)
L18 October 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Zob Ahan 1 : 2 Chadormalu (Half-time 0 : 0)
L13 October 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Zob Ahan 1 : 2 Sepahan (Half-time 0 : 2)
D8 October 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Nassaji Mazandaran 1 : 1 Zob Ahan (Half-time 0 : 1)
L7 September 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Persepolis 2 : 0 Zob Ahan (Half-time 1 : 0)
W2 September 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Zob Ahan 1 : 0 Paykan (Half-time 0 : 0)
D29 August 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Fajr Sepasi 0 : 0 Zob Ahan (Half-time 0 : 0)
D24 August 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Zob Ahan 1 : 1 Mes Shahr Babak (Half-time 0 : 0)
L19 August 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Malavan 2 : 1 Zob Ahan (Half-time 0 : 1)
D15 August 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Zob Ahan 0 : 0 Foolad (Half-time 0 : 0)

Recent form - Esteghlal Khuzestan

W25 October 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Esteghlal Khuzestan 2 : 0 Shams Azar Qazvin (Half-time 0 : 0)
L18 October 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Kheybar Khorramabad 2 : 1 Esteghlal Khuzestan (Half-time 1 : 1)
L8 October 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Gol Gohar 3 : 0 Esteghlal Khuzestan (Half-time 1 : 0)
W10 September 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Esteghlal Khuzestan 1 : 0 Tractor (Half-time 0 : 0)
L6 September 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Sepahan 1 : 0 Esteghlal Khuzestan (Half-time 0 : 0)
D1 September 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Esteghlal Khuzestan 1 : 1 Chadormalu (Half-time 0 : 1)
D28 August 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Paykan 0 : 0 Esteghlal Khuzestan (Half-time 0 : 0)
D23 August 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Esteghlal Khuzestan 1 : 1 Nassaji Mazandaran (Half-time 0 : 1)
L19 August 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Persepolis 4 : 1 Esteghlal Khuzestan (Half-time 2 : 0)
L14 August 2026 • Persian Gulf Pro League • Esteghlal Khuzestan 0 : 2 Aluminium Arak (Half-time 0 : 1)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Persepolis	10	6	2	2	18	5	+13	20
2	Sepahan	10	6	2	2	17	6	+11	20
3	Tractor	9	6	2	1	12	2	+10	20
4	Esteghlal F.C.	10	5	5	0	12	3	+9	20
5	Foolad	10	5	4	1	10	5	+5	19
6	Aluminium Arak	10	3	5	2	11	8	+3	14
7	Kheybar Khorramabad	10	3	5	2	13	11	+2	14
8	Fajr Sepasi	10	3	5	2	10	12	-2	14
9	Gol Gohar	10	4	1	5	10	9	+1	13
10	Chadormalu	10	3	4	3	9	13	-4	13
11	Nassaji Mazandaran	10	2	5	3	7	9	-2	11
12	Paykan	10	2	4	4	7	10	-3	10
13	Malavan	9	2	3	4	8	12	-4	9
14	Esteghlal Khuzestan	10	2	3	5	7	14	-7	9
15	Zob Ahan	10	1	5	4	6	10	-4	8
16	Shams Azar Qazvin	10	1	4	5	7	12	-5	7
17	Sanat Naft	10	1	4	5	5	15	-10	7
18	Mes Shahr Babak	10	0	5	5	6	19	-13	5

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Esteghlal F.C.	5	4	1	0	9	1	+8	13
2	Tractor	5	4	1	0	8	1	+7	13
3	Sepahan	5	4	0	1	13	3	+10	12
4	Persepolis	5	4	0	1	12	3	+9	12
5	Gol Gohar	5	3	0	2	7	3	+4	9
6	Fajr Sepasi	5	2	3	0	5	2	+3	9
7	Foolad	5	2	3	0	4	2	+2	9
8	Kheybar Khorramabad	5	2	2	1	7	5	+2	8
9	Esteghlal Khuzestan	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1	8
10	Paykan	5	1	4	0	4	2	+2	7
11	Aluminium Arak	5	0	5	0	3	3	0	5
12	Zob Ahan	5	1	2	2	4	5	-1	5
13	Nassaji Mazandaran	5	1	2	2	4	6	-2	5
14	Chadormalu	5	1	2	2	4	7	-3	5
15	Sanat Naft	5	1	2	2	4	7	-3	5
16	Malavan	4	1	0	3	3	5	-2	3
17	Mes Shahr Babak	5	0	3	2	3	7	-4	3
18	Shams Azar Qazvin	5	0	2	3	3	7	-4	2

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Foolad	5	3	1	1	6	3	+3	10
2	Aluminium Arak	5	3	0	2	8	5	+3	9
3	Persepolis	5	2	2	1	6	2	+4	8
4	Sepahan	5	2	2	1	4	3	+1	8
5	Chadormalu	5	2	2	1	5	6	-1	8
6	Tractor	4	2	1	1	4	1	+3	7
7	Esteghlal F.C.	5	1	4	0	3	2	+1	7
8	Kheybar Khorramabad	5	1	3	1	6	6	0	6
9	Nassaji Mazandaran	5	1	3	1	3	3	0	6
10	Malavan	5	1	3	1	5	7	-2	6
11	Shams Azar Qazvin	5	1	2	2	4	5	-1	5
12	Fajr Sepasi	5	1	2	2	5	10	-5	5
13	Gol Gohar	5	1	1	3	3	6	-3	4
14	Zob Ahan	5	0	3	2	2	5	-3	3
15	Paykan	5	1	0	4	3	8	-5	3
16	Sanat Naft	5	0	2	3	1	8	-7	2
17	Mes Shahr Babak	5	0	2	3	3	12	-9	2
18	Esteghlal Khuzestan	5	0	1	4	2	10	-8	1

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals
1	K. Taheri	Paykan	4
2	D. Drožđek	Tractor	3
3	H. Rabizadeh	Shams Azar Qazvin	3
4	A. Alipour	Persepolis	3
5	H. Shoushtari	Zob Ahan	3
6	A. Hosseinzadeh	Tractor	2
7	A. Khodadadi	Chadormalu SC	2
8	R. Dehghan	Chadormalu SC	2
9	A. Koushki	Esteghlal	2
10	J. Asani	Esteghlal	2
11	E. Hosseini	Kheybar Khorramabad	2
12	A. Naghizadeh	Mes Rafsanjan	1
13	R. Asadi	Gol Gohar	1
14	M. Tikdarinejad	Gol Gohar	1
15	O. Hamedifar	Gol Gohar	1