2012/2013| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esteghlal Ahvaz | 15 | D2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5/15 | 4-6 |
| Shahin Bushehr | 15 | D1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2/15 | 4-8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esteghlal Ahvaz | 10 | 26 | 30 | -9 | LDWDD | 7 | +3 |
| Shahin Bushehr | 11 | 26 | 27 | -10 | DWLLL | 14 | -3 |
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 2013-01-31
Esteghlal Ahvaz went into the game 10th in the table on 30 points; Shahin Bushehr sat 11th on 27 — a 3-point gap. Against a league average of 1.12 goals per team per game, Esteghlal Ahvaz ran at 1 scored and 1.35 conceded, Shahin Bushehr at 0.69 and 1.08.
A win had eluded Shahin Bushehr for 8 matches.
Ahvāz Takhti in Ahwaz, capacity 51,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.
