Match Report
Al Sharjah went into the game 9th in the table on 8 points; Tractor Sazi sat 3rd on 17 — a 9-point gap. On recent form Al Sharjah sat only 15th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 9th overall. Against a league average of 1.35 goals per team per game, Al Sharjah ran at 1 scored and 2 conceded, Tractor Sazi at 1.5 and 0.5.
Tractor Sazi had drawn their last three.
Al-Sharjah Stadium in Sharjah staged the fixture, a ground that holds 11,073. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Tractor Sazi led 4-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-5.
Goal scorers
Tractor Sazi: Regi Lushkja (11'), Danial Esmaeilifar (45'), Masoud Kazemayni (84'), Regi Lushkja (8'), Mehdi Hashemnejad (40')