Match Report
The table read 12th (Paykan, 24 pts) against 16th (Mes Rafsanjan, 15 pts), 9 points apart. Against a league average of 0.91 goals per team per game, Paykan ran at 0.65 scored and 0.91 conceded, Mes Rafsanjan at 0.59 and 1.32.
6 meetings are on record — 0 won by Paykan, 3 by Mes Rafsanjan, 3 drawn, at 1.83 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 17% of the meetings went over two goals.
Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, capacity 22,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Mes Rafsanjan led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.
Goal scorers
Mes Rafsanjan: Reza Jabireh (5'), Saman Nariman Jahan (54')