Match Report
Tarbiat Novin Yazd went into the game 11th in the table on 28 points; Mes Rafsanjan sat 5th on 35 — a 7-point gap. Mes Rafsanjan had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 5th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Tarbiat Novin Yazd 0.88 scored and 0.88 conceded per game, Mes Rafsanjan 1.17 and 0.88, with the league averaging 1.11.
Seven consecutive draws preceded this one for Mes Rafsanjan.
Nasiri Stadium in Yazd, capacity 15,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.