Match Report
5 points and 3 places separated them: Persepolis 6th with 34, Sepahan 3rd with 39. Persepolis had been under-performing their position — 16th on five-round form against 6th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Persepolis 1.05 scored and 0.86 conceded per game, Sepahan 1.09 and 0.59, with the league averaging 0.91.
13 meetings are on record — 4 won by Persepolis, 6 by Sepahan, 3 drawn, at 1.62 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 38% of those meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 23% of the meetings went over two goals.
Shahr-e Qods Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 8,000. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Persepolis: Oston Urunov (49'), Igor Sergeev (70') · Sepahan: Ricardo Alves (90')