Match Report
The table gap was wide: 24 points between Kheybar Khorramabad (16th, 35 pts) and Esteghlal Ahvaz (18th, 11 pts). Per game in the league, Esteghlal Ahvaz were scoring 0.55 and conceding 1.97, Kheybar Khorramabad 0.66 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.01 goals per team per game.
Esteghlal Ahvaz entered with five losses in a row. Esteghlal Ahvaz had banked 0 of the last 15 points on offer; Kheybar Khorramabad, 6.
Ahvāz Takhti staged the fixture, a ground that holds 51,000. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.


