Match Report
Mes Rafsanjan went into the game 16th in the table on 15 points; Kheybar Khorramabad sat 9th on 29 — a 14-point gap. Against a league average of 0.91 goals per team per game, Mes Rafsanjan ran at 0.59 scored and 1.32 conceded, Kheybar Khorramabad at 0.96 and 1.04.
Mes Rafsanjan had gone 6 games without a win. Kheybar Khorramabad carried a 9-game unbeaten run into this. Recent form was uneven: 2/15 points for Mes Rafsanjan, 9/15 for Kheybar Khorramabad.
Shohadaye Noushabad Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Mes Rafsanjan: Alireza Afkham (85'), Saeid Mehri (87') · Kheybar Khorramabad: Mohsen Sefid Choghaei (56')