Match Report
Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol, 15th on 38 points, faced a 33-point deficit to Malavan (1st, 71). Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol ranked 10th in the league on five-round form, well above their 15th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Malavan 1.18 scored and 0.44 conceded per game, Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol 0.94 and 1.06, with the league averaging 0.98.
Malavan carried a 15-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Four consecutive draws preceded this one for Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol. The five-game form split read 13/15 points for Malavan against 4/15 for Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 3 Malavan wins, 0 for Khouneh Be Khouneh Babol, 2 draws, at 1 goals per meeting. Only 20% of these meetings ended in a home win. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 20% of the meetings.
The match was played at Takhti Stadium in Bandar-e-Anzalī. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.