Match Report
The table read 3rd (Steel Azin, 40 pts) against 1st (Paykan, 50 pts), 10 points apart. Paykan ranked just 11th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Per game in the league, Steel Azin were scoring 1.12 and conceding 0.85, Paykan 1.69 and 1, against a competition average of 0.95 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Steel Azin in 5 games. Paykan had won three straight, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.


