Match Report
Sepahan Novin Esfahan went into the game 4th in the table on 41 points; Sanat Naft sat 2nd on 45 — a 4-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Sanat Naft: only 6th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 2nd. Scoring rates set the scale: Sepahan Novin Esfahan 1.62 scored and 1.19 conceded per game, Sanat Naft 1.46 and 1, with the league averaging 1.11.
Sanat Naft entered with five wins in a row. Sepahan Novin Esfahan had banked 7 of the last 15 points on offer; Sanat Naft, 15.


