Match Report
22 points for Aluminium Arak (13th), 19 for Zob Ahan (15th): a 3-point gap. Aluminium Arak ranked 9th in the league on five-round form, well above their 13th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Aluminium Arak 0.64 scored and 0.95 conceded per game, Zob Ahan 0.57 and 0.9, with the league averaging 0.91.
A win had eluded Aluminium Arak for 13 matches.
6 meetings are on record — 3 won by Aluminium Arak, 2 by Zob Ahan, 1 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 17% of the meetings.
The venue was Imam Khomeini Stadium, with room for 15,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
Aluminium Arak: Sasan Hosseini (79')