Match Report
Persepolis (6th, 34 pts) visited Foolad (7th, 31 pts) with 3 points between them. On recent form Persepolis sat only 16th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 6th overall. In league terms the two rates read 0.95/0.73 for Foolad and 1.05/0.86 for Persepolis (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 0.91.
8 meetings are on record — 1 won by Foolad, 5 by Persepolis, 2 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 63% of the meetings. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 25% of meetings.
Ghadir Stadium, capacity 30,000, hosted the game. With 61 matches recorded and 1.1 yellow cards per game, P. Heydari was the man in the middle. Foolad led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Foolad: Ehsan Mahroughi (21'), Farshad Ahmadzadeh (90'), Yousef Mazraeh (90') · Persepolis: Ali Alipour (89')