Match Report
In the standings it was Aluminium Arak 13th on 22 points, Malavan 10th on 29 — separated by 7. Recent form flatters Aluminium Arak's table spot — 9th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 13th. Per game in the league, Aluminium Arak were scoring 0.64 and conceding 0.95, Malavan 0.59 and 0.95, against a competition average of 0.91 goals per team per game.
Aluminium Arak's winless run stood at 8.
8 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Aluminium Arak 1, draws 5, Malavan 2, at 1.88 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 38% of the meetings went to the host. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 13% of the meetings went over two goals.
Imam Khomeini Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.
Goal scorers
Malavan: G. Eslamikhah (90')