About Match
15 points for Esteghlal (2nd), 10 for Gol Gohar (6th): a 5-point gap. The last five rounds place Gol Gohar no better than 10th for form, against 6th in the standings. Against a league average of 0.87 goals per team per game, Esteghlal run at 1.29 scored and 0.14 conceded, Gol Gohar at 1 and 1. Three points here take Esteghlal to 18 and up to 1st, assuming other results stand.
10 matches unbeaten back Esteghlal's arrival.
6 meetings are on record — 2 won by Esteghlal, 1 by Gol Gohar, 3 drawn, at 1.5 goals per meeting. Only 33% of these meetings ended in a home win. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 17% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue is Shahr-e Qods Stadium in Shahr-e Qods, with room for 8,000 spectators.