Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Foolad (7th, 31 pts) held a 16-point advantage over Mes Rafsanjan (16th, 15 pts). Recent form flatters Foolad's table spot — 1st league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 7th. Per game in the league, Mes Rafsanjan were scoring 0.59 and conceding 1.32, Foolad 0.95 and 0.73, against a competition average of 0.91 goals per team per game.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Mes Rafsanjan 2, draws 2, Foolad 1, at 2.2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won.
The match was played at Shohadaye Noushabad Stadium (capacity 10,000). It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.