Match Report
6 points for Foolad (10th), 5 for Shams Azar Qazvin (11th): a 1-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Foolad 0.8 scored and 0.6 conceded per game, Shams Azar Qazvin 0.8 and 1, with the league averaging 0.88.
Defeat had not touched Foolad in 10 games. Shams Azar Qazvin arrived off three straight defeats. From the last five rounds, Foolad held 11 points of 15 and Shams Azar Qazvin 1.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 3 Foolad wins, 3 for Shams Azar Qazvin, 0 draws, at 1.5 goals per meeting. Only 33% of these meetings ended in a home win. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 17% of the meetings went over two goals.
Ghadir Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 30,000. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Foolad: Amirhossein Joulani (46') · Shams Azar Qazvin: Mohammad Milad Sourgi (82')