Match Report
The table read 7th (Foolad, 31 pts) against 2nd (Tractor Sazi, 39 pts), 8 points apart. The last five rounds placed Foolad 1st in the league for form — higher than their 7th in the standings. Per game in the league, Foolad were scoring 0.95 and conceding 0.73, Tractor Sazi 1.36 and 0.55, against a competition average of 0.91 goals per team per game.
Tractor Sazi carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Foolad, 1 draw and 5 for Tractor Sazi, at 2.13 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 25% of the wins in this fixture.
The match was played at Ghadir Stadium (capacity 30,000). The referee was B. Heydari, with 94 matches in our database and 0.7 yellows per game on average. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
Key stats
Possession: Foolad 47% · Tractor Sazi 53% · Total shots: 9-7 · Corners: 3-2