Match Report
14 points and 8 places separated them: Sepahan 3rd with 39, Esteghlal Khuzestan 11th with 25. Esteghlal Khuzestan ranked 6th in the league on five-round form, well above their 11th table position. Against a league average of 0.91 goals per team per game, Sepahan ran at 1.09 scored and 0.59 conceded, Esteghlal Khuzestan at 0.73 and 1.05.
Across 5 recorded meetings, Sepahan have 3 wins to Esteghlal Khuzestan's 0, with 2 draws, at 2.2 goals per meeting. Only 0% of these meetings ended in a home win. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 20% of meetings.
Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium, capacity 15,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-1.
Goal scorers
Sepahan: Arash Rezavand (45'), Kaveh Rezaei (71'), Ricardo Alves (90') · Esteghlal Khuzestan: Amirhossein Jalalivand (11')