ISFAHAN. Aluminium Arak defeats Sepahan 1-0 after A. Haji scored just 1 goal (80′).
The match was played at the Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium stadium in Isfahan on Sunday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Vahid Kazemi. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 10.68 degrees Celsius or 51.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Sepahan stays with 27 points to sit in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Aluminium Arak will has 21 points like Zob Ahan to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Persian Gulf Pro League, Sepahan will play away against Gol Gohar on the 28th of December with a 5-1 head to head statistic in favor of Sepahan (2 draws).
Sepahan – Formation
Sepahan started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager José Manuel Ferreira de Morais decided to play with the following team: Payam Niazmand, Ramin Rezaeian, Mohammad Daneshgar, Hadi Mohammadi, Aria Yousefi, Farshad Ahmadzadeh Borouki, Seyed Mohammad Karimi, Bryan Dabo, Reza Asadi, Shahriar Moghanlou and Kaveh Rezaei.
The home team had on the bench: Issa Alkasir, Milad Zakipour, Mohammad Salehi, Nima Mirzazad, Mohammad Ghorbani, Ali Ahmadi, Arshia Sarshogh, Reza Shekari Ghezel Ghaya, Mohammadjavad Hosseinnejad and Ehsan Pahlevan.
Substitutions
Sepahan made 3 changes: Hadi Mohammadi for Mohammadjavad Hosseinnejad (69′), Farshad Ahmadzadeh Borouki for Issa Alkasir (86′) and Kaveh Rezaei for Reza Shekari Ghezel Ghaya (69′).
Aluminium Arak – Formation
Aluminium Arak started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Mojtaba Hoseini played with: Ahmad Gohari, Younes Akbarpour, Behrouz Norouzifard, Mehran Mousavi, Seyyed Milad Sheikh Fakhreddini, Alireza Naghizadeh, Amir Nouri, Aref Haji Eydi, Milad Badragheh, Mehdi Limouchi and Mohammadmehdi Lotfi.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ehsan Ghahari, Abolfazl Soleimani, Abolfazl Ghanbari, Reza Jabireh, Mohammad Khalife, Bahram Goudarzi and Shervin Bozorg.
Substitutions
Aluminium Arak made only 1 change substituting Alireza Naghizadeh for Reza Jabireh (81′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
- Paykan – Foolad – 0-0
- Gol Gohar – Esteghlal – 1-1
- Nassaji Mazandaran – Havadar – 2-2
- Esteghlal Khuzestan – Mes Rafsanjan – 2-1
- Sepahan – Aluminium Arak – 0-1
- Persepolis – Caspian Qazvin – 2-1