Match Report
4 points and 10 places separated them: Sepahan 5th with 10, Esteghlal Khuzestan 15th with 6. Esteghlal Khuzestan's recent output outran their position: 10th on form over five rounds, 15th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Sepahan 0.83 scored and 0.67 conceded per game, Esteghlal Khuzestan 0.57 and 1.29, with the league averaging 0.87.
Esteghlal Khuzestan's last three games had all finished level.
Across 6 recorded meetings, Sepahan have 4 wins to Esteghlal Khuzestan's 0, with 2 draws, at 2.5 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 17% of the wins in this matchup. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.
Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium, capacity 15,000, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Sepahan: Mehdi Limouchi (53')