Match Report
1 points and 4 places separated them: Esteghlal Khuzestan 17th with 3, Nassaji Mazandaran 13th with 4. Scoring rates set the scale: Esteghlal Khuzestan 0.6 scored and 1.6 conceded per game, Nassaji Mazandaran 0.4 and 1, with the league averaging 0.87.
Esteghlal Khuzestan arrived off three straight defeats. Nassaji Mazandaran entered with three losses in a row.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Esteghlal Khuzestan 1, draws 1, Nassaji Mazandaran 3, at 2 goals per meeting. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 20% of meetings.
The match was played at Ghadir Stadium (capacity 30,000). Nassaji Mazandaran led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Esteghlal Khuzestan: Javad Zergani (68') · Nassaji Mazandaran: Mohammad Koohi (29')