Match Report
The table gap was wide: 19 points between Esteghlal (1st, 41 pts) and Shams Azar Qazvin (14th, 22 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Esteghlal 1.32 scored and 0.73 conceded per game, Shams Azar Qazvin 0.65 and 0.83, with the league averaging 0.91.
8 matches unbeaten backed Shams Azar Qazvin's arrival.
6 meetings are on record — 3 won by Esteghlal, 1 by Shams Azar Qazvin, 2 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 17% of the wins in this fixture. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 83%.
The match was played at Shahr-e Qods Stadium (capacity 8,000). Esteghlal led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Esteghlal: Abolfazl Jalali (45'), Saeed Saharkhizan (60'), Duckens Nazon (90') · Shams Azar Qazvin: Hooman Rabizadeh (89'), Soheil Fadakar (90')