Esteghlal defeats Foolad 1-0 with a goal scored by M. Mehdipour

TEHERAN. Esteghlal tops Foolad 1-0 after M. Mehdipour scored just 1 goal (58').

Esteghlal defeats Foolad 1-0 with a goal scored by M. Mehdipour

TEHERAN. Esteghlal defeats Foolad 1-0 after M. Mehdipour scored just 1 goal (58′).

The match was played at the Azadi Stadium stadium in Teheran on Wednesday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Amir Arab Baraghi. The weather was haze. The temperature was quite cold at 4.8 degrees Celsius or 40.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
  • 7 Total 3
  • 2 On Target 2
  • 5 Off Target 1
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 132 Attack 103
  • 67 Dangerous attack 52
  • 115 Ball safe 89
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 4 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Esteghlal was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Foolad that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Esteghlal had a more offensive attitude with 67 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Esteghlal won the match​.

Esteghlal shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Foolad shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Match Timeline

44'
Luciano Chimba- Yellow
Mehdi Mehdipour(goal)
58'
Reza Azari- sub ->A. Ramezani
59'
Zobeir Niknafs- Yellow
62'
Mehdi Mehdipour- Yellow
70'
72'
Mohammad Hossein Moradmand - Yellow
77'
77'
Vahid Heydarieh- sub ->M. Badragheh
Roozbeh Cheshmi- sub ->M. Niknafs
78'
80'
84'
Sina Shahabassi- Red
85'
85'
87'
87'
90'

Standings

After this encounter, Esteghlal will have 28 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Foolad will stay with 17 points to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Persian Gulf Pro League, Esteghlal will play away against Aluminium Arak on the 3rd of January with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Esteghlal (1 draw).

Foolad will host Paykan on the 3rd of January with a 8-6 head to head stats in favor of Foolad (8 draws).

Esteghlal – Formation

Esteghlal
G
D
A. Aghasi 33.Iran
72'
M
Zobeir Niknafs 14.Iran
78' 62'
M
70' Goals58'
M
85'
F
Kevin Yamga 11.France
F
R. Gestede 39.Benin
F
Arman Ramezani 23.Iran
59'
F
Jafar Salmani 17.Iran
85'
Substitutes

The manager Farhad Majidi decided to play with the following team: H. Hosseini, M. Moradmand, S. Yazdani Moghadam, A. Aghasi, M. Niknafs, M. Mehdipour, K. Yamga, A. Hosseinzadeh, R. Gestede, A. Ramezani and J. Salmani.

Substitutions

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

Foolad – Formation

Foolad
G
D
Mehran Mousavi 15.Iran
90'
M
Milad Badragheh 70.Iran
77'
M
Saleh Hardani 2.Iran
M
84'
M
Ayanda Patosi 10.South Africa
87'
M
Mohammad Abshak 13.Iran
M
Hamid Bouhamdan 66.Iran
F
Luciano Chimba 29.Brazil
87' 44'
F
Sasan Ansari 3.Iran
80'
Substitutes

Javad Nekounam played with: E. Moradian, M. Mousavi, M. Badragheh, Saleh Hardani, S. Shah Abbasi, A. Patosi, M. Abshak, H. Bouhamdan, M. Abbasi, Luciano Chimba and S. Ansari.

Substitutions

Foolad 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.​