Match Report
The table gap was wide: 19 points between Saipa (5th, 50 pts) and Darya Babol (16th, 31 pts). Darya Babol had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 6th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Darya Babol 0.88 scored and 1.21 conceded per game, Saipa 1.03 and 0.82, with the league averaging 0.96.
Darya Babol had not won in 8 games.
On the scoreboard, Saipa led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-2.




