RAFSANJAN. Foolad snatched a late win Havadar 1-0 after S. Ansari scored a penalty (85′).
The match was played at the Shohadaye Noushabad Stadium stadium in Rafsanjan on Friday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was . The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 18.46 degrees Celsius or 65.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Havadar was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Foolad that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Foolad was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Foolad won the match.
Havadar shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Foolad shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Havadar received 1 yellow card (Mohammad Abshak). On the other side, Foolad didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Havadar will stay with 5 points like Nassaji Mazandaran and Mes Rafsanjan to remain in the 12th place. On the other side, Foolad will have 3 points to hold in the 14th place.
Next matches
Havadar – Formation
Havadar
Havadar started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Mahmoud Fekri Joybari decided to play with the following team: Alireza Haghighi, Sobhan Pasandideh, Mehdi Abdi, Fariborz Gerami, Daryoush Shojaeian, Ghaem Eslamikhah, Farhad Zavoshi, Mohammad Abbasi, Amirhossein Bahador, Karim Eslami and Amin Ghaseminejad.
The home team had on the bench: Mohammadali Abdollahi, Arsha Shakouri and Mohammad Dindar.
Substitutions
Havadar decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.
Foolad – Formation
Foolad
78'
85'
Foolad started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Seyed Ahmad Alenemeh played with: Shahabeddin Gordan, Jeferson Bahia, Moussa Coulibaly, Sina Shahabassi, Shahin Tavakoli, Sina Moridi, Mohammad Abshak, Vahid Heydarieh, Sasan Ansari, Mohammad Alinejad Hosseinabad and Mohammad Abbaszadeh.
These were the players on the bench: Godwin Mensha, Saeed Vasei, Mohammad Ghobeishavi and Mojtaba Najarian.
Substitutions
Foolad made only 1 change substituting Sina Shahabassi for Mojtaba Najjarian (78′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
