According to the sports reporter of Tasnim news agency, the Premier League is at its boiling point and the three teams of Esteghlal, Sepahan and Persepolis are in a very close competition for the championship in the 22nd round of this competition.
Last night, Esteghlal improved its goal difference thanks to the high-scoring advantage and 6-1 times the fans to take the top of the table from Sepahan. This is not the whole story, because Esteghlal is the leader, but not the hero.
According to the rules of the Premier League, the head-to-head match is the criterion for the championship. Sepahan has defeated Esteghlal in two round-robin games and has won one and drawn against Persepolis. Currently, Esteghlal and Sepahan have 54 points, the goal difference of both teams is 24, and Esteghlal is at the top of the table due to the more goals scored. In fact, during the league, the teams are arranged in the table based on the goal difference and then the goals scored and conceded, but at the end of the league, the head-to-head match is the criterion. In this way, even though Esteghlal is currently at the top of the table, the fate of the championship is still in Sepahan’s hands.
In their next 4 games, Sepahan will face Melvan, Naft Masjid Suleiman (away), Pikan and Mes Kerman (away) respectively. And on paper, he will have a relatively easy task because he is playing with teams from the bottom of the table.
Esteghlal will face Persepolis, Sanat Naft Abadan, Mes Rafsanjan (guest) and Traktor respectively. And despite holding three matches in Tehran, it has more difficult opponents than the representative of Isfahan.
Persepolis, which is in third place with 53 points, has Esteghlal, Pikan (guest), Golgehar and Nasaji (guest) in the final four weeks.
Although the derby on May 3 can have a great impact on the championship equation, it is Sepahan who holds the key to the championship due to the superiority in head-to-head matches, and if they get the necessary results in the next four matches, regardless of Esteghlal’s leadership, they will lift the trophy. It will end unless the students of Morais stumble and present the cup to Esteghlal or Persepolis.