Match Report
The table gap was wide: 25 points between Sanat Naft (3rd, 60 pts) and Be'sat Kermanshah (12th, 35 pts). Be'sat Kermanshah ranked just 17th in the league on five-round form despite their 12th table position. Against a league average of 0.8 goals per team per game, Sanat Naft ran at 1.09 scored and 0.62 conceded, Be'sat Kermanshah at 0.74 and 0.94.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Be'sat Kermanshah. From the last five rounds, Sanat Naft held 10 points of 15 and Be'sat Kermanshah 2.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Sanat Naft, 0 draws and 2 for Be'sat Kermanshah, at 2 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 100% of the meetings. Only 25% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Takhti Stadium, capacity 8,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Sanat Naft: Mohsen Seifi (60'), Ali Taheran (82') · Be'sat Kermanshah: Mohammad Mehdi Mehdikhani (52')