Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Sepahan 4th with 53 points, Padideh Khorasan 16th with 17, 36 apart. Per game in the league, Sepahan were scoring 1.4 and conceding 0.83, Padideh Khorasan 0.57 and 1.43, against a competition average of 0.9 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Padideh Khorasan for 5 matches.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Sepahan 4, draws 1, Padideh Khorasan 0, at 2.2 goals per meeting. Historically tight: 20% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium in Isfahan (capacity 15,000). On the scoreboard, Sepahan led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-0.