Match Report
30 points for Fajr Sepasi (8th), 34 for Persepolis (6th): a 4-point gap. Persepolis ranked just 16th in the league on five-round form despite their 6th table position. Against a league average of 0.91 goals per team per game, Fajr Sepasi ran at 1.09 scored and 1.17 conceded, Persepolis at 1.05 and 0.86.
Persepolis's unbeaten run stood at 9. The five-game form split read 4/15 points for Fajr Sepasi against 11/15 for Persepolis.
5 meetings are on record — 0 won by Fajr Sepasi, 3 by Persepolis, 2 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 20% of the meetings went to the host. Historically tight: 20% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Hafezieh Stadium (capacity 22,460). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Fajr Sepasi: Hossein Shahabi (9'), Mehdi Sharifi (65') · Persepolis: Reza Shekari (23')