Match Report
Foolad went into the game 7th in the table on 31 points; Persepolis sat 6th on 34 — a 3-point gap. Persepolis had been under-performing their position — 16th on five-round form against 6th in the table.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 1 for Foolad, 5 for Persepolis and 2 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 63% of the meetings. These meetings skew tight — only 25% saw more than two goals.
Goal scorers
Foolad: Ehsan Mahroughi (21'), Farshad Ahmadzadeh (90'), Yousef Mazraeh (90') · Persepolis: Ali Alipour (89')


