Match Report
The table gap was wide: 32 points between Tractor Sazi (4th, 52 pts) and Naft Masjed Soleyman (16th, 20 pts). Naft Masjed Soleyman ranked 6th in the league on five-round form, well above their 16th table position. Against a league average of 1 goals per team per game, Naft Masjed Soleyman ran at 0.73 scored and 1.97 conceded, Tractor Sazi at 1.4 and 1.13.
Naft Masjed Soleyman had gone 15 games without a win.
6 meetings are on record — 0 won by Naft Masjed Soleyman, 3 by Tractor Sazi, 3 drawn, at 1.67 goals per meeting. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 17% of the meetings.
Behnam Mohammadi Stadium in Masjed Soleyman, capacity 12,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Tractor Sazi led 2-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 1-5.




