Match Report
69 points for Nassaji Mazandaran (1st), 59 for Saipa (4th): a 10-point gap. Nassaji Mazandaran ranked just 7th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Per game in the league, Nassaji Mazandaran were scoring 1.41 and conceding 0.5, Saipa 0.88 and 0.53, against a competition average of 0.8 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Nassaji Mazandaran, 2 draws and 1 for Saipa, at 1.6 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings.
Vatani Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,000. On the scoreboard, Saipa led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-1.
Goal scorers
Nassaji Mazandaran: Ali Nasiri (67'), Mehdi Tahmasebi (52'), Ali Nasiri (79') · Saipa: Farzad Jafari (11')
Key stats
Possession: Nassaji Mazandaran 57% · Saipa 43% · Total shots: 11-7 · On target: 7-2 · Corners: 5-5