Match Report
The table gap was wide: 27 points between Mes Rafsanjan (5th, 47 pts) and Naft Masjed Soleyman (16th, 20 pts). Naft Masjed Soleyman's recent output outran their position: 6th on form over five rounds, 16th in the table. Against a league average of 1 goals per team per game, Mes Rafsanjan ran at 0.97 scored and 0.5 conceded, Naft Masjed Soleyman at 0.73 and 1.97.
7 matches unbeaten backed Mes Rafsanjan's arrival. A win had eluded Naft Masjed Soleyman for 15 matches. From the last five rounds, Mes Rafsanjan held 11 points of 15 and Naft Masjed Soleyman 2.
With 19 matches recorded and 0.9 yellow cards per game, S. Vafapisheh was the man in the middle. The match was played at Shohadaye Noushabad Stadium in Rafsanjan (capacity 51,000). Mes Rafsanjan led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.