About Match
8 points for Nassaji Mazandaran (9th), 13 for Persepolis (3rd): a 5-point gap. On the form table Nassaji Mazandaran stand 5th over the last five rounds, despite being 9th overall. Per game in the league, Nassaji Mazandaran score 0.57 and conceding 0.86, Persepolis 2 and 0.5, against a competition average of 0.87 goals per team per game. Three points here take Nassaji Mazandaran to 11 and up to 5th, assuming other results stand.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 1 Nassaji Mazandaran win, 6 for Persepolis, 1 draw, at 2.38 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 38% of those meetings.
Vatani Stadium in Ghaemshahr, capacity 15,000, hosts the game.