Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Tractor Sazi 1st with 68 points, Nassaji Mazandaran 15th with 23, 45 apart. Per game in the league, Tractor Sazi were scoring 1.9 and conceding 0.63, Nassaji Mazandaran 0.5 and 0.93, against a competition average of 0.99 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Tractor Sazi, having scored in 7 consecutive games. 8 games without a win framed Nassaji Mazandaran's arrival. The five-game form split read 13/15 points for Tractor Sazi against 2/15 for Nassaji Mazandaran.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Tractor Sazi 2, draws 3, Nassaji Mazandaran 2, at 2.29 goals per meeting. These meetings skew tight — only 29% saw more than two goals.
Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 70,000. Nassaji Mazandaran led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 5 goals for the 3-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Tractor Sazi: Domagoj Drožđek (69'), Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (72'), Danial Esmaeilifar (79') · Nassaji Mazandaran: Mansour Bagheri (37'), Amirhossein Samdaliri (78'), Arthur Kevin Yamga (82')
Key stats
Possession: Tractor Sazi 61% · Nassaji Mazandaran 39% · Total shots: 4-3 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 6-2