TEHERAN. Esteghlal had a amazing comeback against Havadar.
The match was played at the Azadi Stadium stadium in Teheran on Friday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Bijan Heydari. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22.37 degrees Celsius or 72.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 30%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Esteghlal was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Havadar that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Esteghlal had a more offensive attitude with 52 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Esteghlal won the match.
Esteghlal shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Havadar shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Esteghlal received 1 yellow card (Mehdi Mehdipour). On the opposite side, Havadar didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Esteghlal will have 15 points like Persepolis to hold in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Havadar will stay with 5 points like Nassaji Mazandaran and Sanat Naft to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
Esteghlal – Formation
Esteghlal
23'
Esteghlal started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Javad Nekounam decided to play with the following team: Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Mohammad Hossein Moradmand, Roozbeh Cheshmi, Iman Salimi, Jafar Salmani, Zobeir Niknafs, Saeid Mehri, Kevin Yamga, Arash Rezavand, Mehrdad Mohammadi and Arman Ramezani.
The home team had on the bench: Saleh Hardani, Armin Sohrabian, Mohammadreza Khaledabadi, Omid Hamedifar, Saman Touranian, Abolfazl Jalali, Amir Arsalan Motahari and Amirali Sadeghi.
Substitutions
Esteghlal decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.
Havadar – Formation
Havadar
54'Havadar started with a 5-2-3 line-up (5-2-3).
Mahmoud Fekri Joybari played with: Alireza Haghighi, Fariborz Gerami, Mehdi Abdi, Ghaem Eslamikhah, Mohammad Abbasi, Abdol Karim Eslami, Amin Ghaseminejad.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Daryoush Shojaeian, Farhad Zavoshi, Amirhossein Bahador and Arsha Shakouri.
Substitutions
Havadar made 2 changes: Amirhossein Pourmohammad for Amirhossein Bahador (90′) and Abdol Karim Eslami for Farhad Zavoshi (54′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
