Match Report
1 points and 1 places separated them: Persepolis 2nd with 8, Al Duhail 3rd with 7. Al Duhail had been under-performing their position — 26th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Persepolis were scoring 0.83 and conceding 0.83, Al Duhail 1.5 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
Persepolis were winless in 5.
4 meetings are on record — 2 won by Persepolis, 2 by Al Duhail, 0 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings. Only 25% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The match was played at Azadi Stadium in Teheran (capacity 20,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.