Match Report
3 points for Istiqlol Dushanbe (4th), 8 for Persepolis (2nd): a 5-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Istiqlol Dushanbe: only 35th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Per game in the league, Istiqlol Dushanbe were scoring 0.5 and conceding 1.5, Persepolis 0.83 and 0.83, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
Persepolis had not lost in 5 games.
The match was played at Respublikanskiy Stadion im. M.V. Frunze in Dushanbe (capacity 24,000). Persepolis led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.