Match Report
The table read 14th (Shahdari Zanjan, 19 pts) against 9th (Mehrkam pars Tehran, 31 pts), 12 points apart. Shahdari Zanjan had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 8th in the league over the last five rounds against 14th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Shahdari Zanjan 0.77 scored and 1.38 conceded per game, Mehrkam pars Tehran 1.19 and 1.31, with the league averaging 1.19.
Mehrkam pars Tehran carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this. The last-five ledger: Shahdari Zanjan 5/15, Mehrkam pars Tehran 11/15.
On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.


