Match Report
Sepahan, 3rd with 39 points, sat 17 points above Aluminium Arak (13th, 22). Aluminium Arak's recent output outran their position: 9th on form over five rounds, 13th in the table. Per game in the league, Aluminium Arak were scoring 0.64 and conceding 0.95, Sepahan 1.09 and 0.59, against a competition average of 0.91 goals per team per game.
Aluminium Arak had drawn three in a row. Sepahan arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Aluminium Arak had banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Sepahan, 13.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Aluminium Arak, 4 draws and 2 for Sepahan, at 1.29 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 14% of the wins in this matchup. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 0% of meetings.
The venue was Imam Khomeini Stadium, with room for 15,000 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Sepahan: Arash Rezavand (49')
Key stats
Possession: Aluminium Arak 42% · Sepahan 58% · Total shots: 2-9 · On target: 0-4 · Corners: 1-7