Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Sepahan Novin Esfahan 4th with 41 points, Shemushack Noshahr 13th with 26, 15 apart. Per game in the league, Shemushack Noshahr were scoring 1.12 and conceding 1.42, Sepahan Novin Esfahan 1.62 and 1.19, against a competition average of 1.11 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Shemushack Noshahr — five in succession. Momentum sat with Sepahan Novin Esfahan, winners of their last four. The last-five ledger: Shemushack Noshahr 0/15, Sepahan Novin Esfahan 13/15.


