Match Report
Malavan went into the game 12th in the table on 7 points; Nassaji Mazandaran sat 9th on 8 — a 1-point gap. On the form table Nassaji Mazandaran stood 5th over the last five rounds, despite being 9th overall. In league terms the two rates read 0.83/1.33 for Malavan and 0.57/0.86 for Nassaji Mazandaran (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 0.87.
5 games without a win framed Nassaji Mazandaran's arrival.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 4 Malavan wins, 0 for Nassaji Mazandaran, 1 draw, at 1.6 goals per meeting. These meetings skew tight — only 20% saw more than two goals.
With 10 matches recorded and 1.0 yellow cards per game, A. Ayyar was the man in the middle. The match was played at Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium (capacity 22,000). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Nassaji Mazandaran: Fardin Najafi (77')