Match Report
The table gap was wide: 52 points between Nassaji Mazandaran (3rd, 62 pts) and Rah Ahan (18th, 10 pts). Per game in the league, Rah Ahan were scoring 0.42 and conceding 2.09, Nassaji Mazandaran 1.3 and 0.73, against a competition average of 1.08 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Rah Ahan — seven in succession. Nassaji Mazandaran carried an 8-game unbeaten run into this. Over the last five, Rah Ahan had taken 0 of 15 points to Nassaji Mazandaran's 11.
Rah Ahan Stadium in Teheran, capacity 15,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Nassaji Mazandaran led 2-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 0-6.


