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
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
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
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
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.
- 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