Match Report
Esteghlal, 1st with 41 points, sat 16 points above Esteghlal Khuzestan (11th, 25). Esteghlal Khuzestan ranked 6th in the league on five-round form, well above their 11th table position. Per game in the league, Esteghlal were scoring 1.32 and conceding 0.73, Esteghlal Khuzestan 0.73 and 1.05, against a competition average of 0.91 goals per team per game.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Esteghlal 4, draws 0, Esteghlal Khuzestan 2, at 2 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 83% of the meetings. Only 17% of the meetings produced more than two goals. Where history says 2 goals per meeting, the last five say 1.2.
The match was played at Azadi Stadium (capacity 100,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
Esteghlal: S. Fallah (56')