Match Report
Esteghlal Mollasani, 8th with 46 points, sat 31 points above Shahin Bushehr (17th, 15). Esteghlal Mollasani ranked 1st in the league on five-round form, well above their 8th table position. Against a league average of 0.98 goals per team per game, Esteghlal Mollasani ran at 0.91 scored and 0.79 conceded, Shahin Bushehr at 0.41 and 1.62.
Defeat had not touched Esteghlal Mollasani in 15 games. Shahin Bushehr had gone 14 games without a win. The last-five ledger: Esteghlal Mollasani 9/15, Shahin Bushehr 1/15.
On the scoreboard, Esteghlal Mollasani led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.