Match Report
7 points for Sepahan (5th), 16 for Tractor Sazi (1st): a 9-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Sepahan 0.8 scored and 0.8 conceded per game, Tractor Sazi 1.33 and 0, with the league averaging 0.87.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 1 Sepahan win, 5 for Tractor Sazi, 4 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 30% of meetings won. The fixture has tightened lately: 1 goals per game over the last five meetings, down from 2 all-time.
The match was played at Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium (capacity 15,000). With 13 matches recorded and 0.4 yellow cards per game, M. Bonyadifard was the man in the middle. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-2.
Goal scorers
Tractor Sazi: Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (84'), Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (90')