Esteghlal FC vs ZOB Ahan — Persian Gulf Pro League 2025
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 100+ matches
Esteghlal FC47%
ZOB Ahan24%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Esteghlal FC creates 56% more chances
Season form · 100 home / 100 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under66
- Over34
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No61
- Yes39
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Esteghlal FC ↓
Most likely 1–0 (16%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Esteghlal FC at home — creates 1.44, concedes 0.69 · 100 matches
ZOB Ahan away — creates 0.91, concedes 1.07 · 100 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Esteghlal FC attack 1.44 + ZOB Ahan defence 1.07 → ÷2 → 1.25
ZOB Ahan attack 0.91 + Esteghlal FC defence 0.69 → ÷2 → 0.80
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 47%?"
Esteghlal FC at 47% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 47% does not mean "Esteghlal FC will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Events
Esteghlal FC substitutes
Head to Head
5 previous meetings
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Foolad FC
Fajr Sepasi
Kheybar Khorramabad
Malavan
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Paykan
Shams Azar Qazvin
Aluminium ArakZOB Ahan
Mes RafsanjanIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Esteghlal FC host ZOB Ahan on Friday, 31 March 2023 at 16:00. The match is part of the Persian Gulf Pro League 2025/2026 season.
Esteghlal FC 2 – 0 ZOB Ahan
Esteghlal FC beat ZOB Ahan 2-0 in Persian Gulf Pro League on March 31, 2023.
Goals: M. Ghaedi (20'), K. Yamga (63' pen).
The match was played at Azadi Stadium in Teheran.