Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Iran (1st, 23 pts) held a 21-point advantage over Turkmenistan (3rd, 2 pts). Turkmenistan's recent output lagged their position: 57th on form over five rounds while 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Turkmenistan were scoring 0.67 and conceding 2.33, Iran 1.9 and 0.8, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
Turkmenistan had not won in 8 games. The last-five ledger: Turkmenistan 2/15, Iran 10/15.
Iran led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Iran: 1 goal with no recorded scorer