2016/2017| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | 15 | L2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5/15 | 4-6 |
| Esteghlal Ahvaz | 15 | L2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3/15 | 3-8 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | 13 | 34 | 37 | 1 | LWDDD | 11 | +2 |
| Esteghlal Ahvaz | 18 | 33 | 11 | -47 | LLLLL | 18 | 0 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2017-02-06
Naft Masjed Soleyman, 13th with 37 points, sat 26 points above Esteghlal Ahvaz (18th, 11). Scoring rates set the scale: Naft Masjed Soleyman 0.97 scored and 0.94 conceded per game, Esteghlal Ahvaz 0.55 and 1.97, with the league averaging 1.01.
Esteghlal Ahvaz had gone 15 games without a win.
Behnam Mohammadi Stadium in Masjed Soleyman staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,000.
