Havardar hosts Basset Kermanshah in the Azadegan League's second round of the regular season on 22 September 2026. The hosts fell 0:3 to the visitors in a match that told its story early. By then, the visitors had already seized control.
A. Assadi opened the scoring after four minutes, and the visitors doubled their advantage at the half-hour mark with a penalty. And here's the thing: Havardar never recovered their shape. The hosts looked disorganised from the first whistle.
M. Hosseinzadeh closed out the points in the forty-eighth minute, putting the result beyond doubt. To be fair, the visitors had been dominant in the air from set plays, and the penalty was a natural consequence of their approach.
Both sides kept clean sheets on discipline, with zero yellow and zero red cards for either team. The match was not physical, but it was decisive. Havardar gave nothing away in terms of fouls, but they gave everything away in terms of structure.
Havardar sit fifteenth on one point from two games, while Basset Kermanshah hold second place with four points. The gap between them is becoming clear. The visitors have won once and drawn once, showing consistency.
We had given Havardar a win at fifty-four per cent confidence, but the match went differently. They were overrun in midfield, and the visitors let the game flow without pressure. The old head settled them down, and Havardar had no answer.
