Match Report
The table read 17th (Shahre Raz, 32 pts) against 12th (Naft Gachsaran, 42 pts), 10 points apart. The last five rounds placed Shahre Raz 4th in the league for form — higher than their 17th in the standings. Per game in the league, Shahre Raz were scoring 0.79 and conceding 1, Naft Gachsaran 0.79 and 0.82, against a competition average of 0.88 goals per team per game.
Shahre Raz had gone 7 games without a win. Level finishes had become the habit for Naft Gachsaran: three in a row.
Grand Shiraz Stadium in Shīrāz staged the fixture, a ground that holds 50,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.




