TEHERAN. Persepolis conquers Paykan 1-0 after M. Torabi  scored a penalty (80′). Persepolis was truly better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Azadi Stadium stadium in Teheran on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 25.2 degrees Celsius or 77.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 9%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Persepolis had a strong ball possession 62% while Paykan was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Persepolis was putting more pressure with 82 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Persepolis won the match.​

Paykan shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Persepolis shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Paykan received 1 yellow card (Sasan Hosseini). On the opposite side, Persepolis received 1 yellow card (Leandro Pereira).

Standings

After playing this contest, Paykan will stay with 27 points to sit in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Persepolis will have 60 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Persian Gulf Pro League, Paykan will host Mes Rafsanjan on the 18th of May with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Mes Rafsanjan (3 draws).

Persepolis will play away agasint Nassaji Mazandaran on the 18th of May with a 6-0 head to head in favor of Persepolis (3 draws).

Paykan – Formation

The manager Mojtaba Hoseini decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Paykan decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.

Persepolis – Formation

Yahya Golmohammadi played with: .

Substitutions

Persepolis made only 1 change substituting M. Abdi for Giorgi Gvelesiani (90′)​.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Persian Gulf Pro League.​

• Paykan – Persepolis – 0-1
• Nassaji Mazandaran – Havadar – 1-1
• Gol Gohar – Aluminium Arak – 0-1