TABRIZ. Zob Ahan tops Tractor Sazi 1-0 after A. Ghasemi scored a penalty (45′).
The match was played at the Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium stadium in Tabriz on Wednesday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Hamid Haj Malek. The weather was haze. The temperature was freezing at -4.3 degrees Celsius or 24.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
- 0 Ball Possession 0
Shots
- 4 Total 6
- 0 On Target 1
- 4 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 138 Attack 155
- 78 Dangerous attack 90
- 129 Ball safe 141
- 0 Penalties 1
- 1 Corners 2
Fouls
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Tractor Sazi was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Zob Ahan that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Zob Ahan was more aggressive with 90 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Zob Ahan won the match.
Tractor Sazi shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Zob Ahan shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Tractor Sazi will stay with 11 points like Fajr Sepasi and Naft Masjed Soleyman to hold in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Zob Ahan will have 14 points like Gol Gohar to remain in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Persian Gulf Pro League, Tractor Sazi will play away with Persepolis on the 3rd of January with a 10-9 head to head stats in favor of Persepolis (5 draws).
Zob Ahan will host Fajr Sepasi on the 3rd of January with a 6-3 head to head statistic in favor of Zob Ahan (7 draws).
Tractor Sazi – Formation
The manager Zvonimir Soldo decided to play with the following team: M. Haghighat, A. Hosseini, A. Naseri, A. Razzaghpour, M. Moslemipour, A. Ghaderi, A. Imani, A. Dashti, B. Salami, S. Nariman Jahan and P. Babaei.
Substitutions
Tractor Sazi decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.
Zob Ahan – Formation
Mehdi Tartar played with: H. Far Abbasi, H. Noormohammadi, M. Ebrahimzadeh, S. Danaye Baghaki, M. Ghoreishi, P. Pourali, A. Ghasemi, M. Jahani, M. Soltani, M. Khodabandelou and R. Khaleghifar.
Substitutions
Zob Ahan decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
- Esteghlal – Foolad – 1-0
- Sepahan – Persepolis – 0-1
- Fajr Sepasi – Havadar – 0-0
- Tractor Sazi – Zob Ahan – 0-1
- Paykan – Padideh Khorasan – 1-1
- Nassaji Mazandaran – Naft Masjed Soleyman – 1-1
- Sanat Naft – Aluminium Arak – 3-1
- Gol Gohar – Mes Rafsanjan – 2-2