Match Report
Paykan went into the game 12th in the table on 24 points; Persepolis sat 6th on 34 — a 10-point gap. Persepolis had been under-performing their position — 16th on five-round form against 6th in the table. Per game in the league, Paykan were scoring 0.65 and conceding 0.91, Persepolis 1.05 and 0.86, against a competition average of 0.91 goals per team per game.
Paykan arrived on a run of three straight wins. Defeat had not touched Persepolis in 5 games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 0 Paykan wins, 5 for Persepolis, 0 draws, at 3.2 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 22,000. Persepolis led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Persepolis: Oston Urunov (45')