Match Report
Damash Gilanian went into the game 18th in the table on 16 points; Niroye Zamini sat 15th on 30 — a 14-point gap. Damash Gilanian had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 13th in the league over the last five rounds against 18th overall. Per game in the league, Damash Gilanian were scoring 0.47 and conceding 1.65, Niroye Zamini 0.76 and 0.94, against a competition average of 0.8 goals per team per game.
Damash Gilanian had gone 8 games without a win. Defeat had followed defeat for Niroye Zamini — three in succession.
SARDAR JANGAL STADIUM in Rasht, capacity 8,250, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.