AHWAZ. Caspian Qazvin overcomes Foolad 1-0 after A. Sarabadani scored just 1 goal (45′).

Mohammad Abbaszadeh missed a decisive penalty (90′). That would have allowed Foolad to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Ghadir Stadium stadium in Ahwaz on Friday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 29.1 degrees Celsius or 84.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 30%.​

Match Statistics​

Foolad

0 - 1

Caspian Qazvin

  • 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
  • 11 Total 6
  • 2 On Target 1
  • 9 Off Target 5
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 86 Attack 75
  • 54 Dangerous attack 30
  • 52 Ball safe 58
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 2 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Foolad was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Caspian Qazvin that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Foolad was more aggressive with 54 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Caspian Qazvin was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Foolad shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Caspian Qazvin shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Foolad received 2 yellow cards (Lucas Candido and Mojtaba Najarian). Talking about the opposition, Caspian Qazvin received 1 yellow card (Hooman Rabizadeh).

Match Timeline

M. Najarian- Yellow
26'
45'
Amirmasoud Sarabadani(goal)
73'
90'
Lucas Cândido- Yellow
51'
73'
S. Moridi- sub ->Godwin Mensha
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Esteghlal
60
27
Persepolis
59
27
Sepahan
48
27
Tractor Sazi
47
27
Malavan
40
27
Caspian Qazvin
38
27
Gol Gohar
36
27
Zob Ahan
36
27
Aluminium Arak
35
27
Mes Rafsanjan
32
27
Havadar
29
27
Paykan
25
27
Nassaji Mazandaran
25
27
Esteghlal Khuzestan
22
27
Foolad
22
27
Sanat Naft
20
27

After playing this encounter, Foolad will stay with 6 points like Paykan to climb in the 12th place. On the other side, Caspian Qazvin will have 7 points to lose in the 10th place.

Next matches

Foolad – Formation

Foolad
G
C. Knett 25.Austria
D
M. Coulibaly 5.Mali
D
S. Tavakoli 14.Iran
D
M. Najarian 20.Iran
26'
M
M. Alinejad 9.Iran
73'
M
M. Abshak 13.Iran
73'
M
Lucas Cândido 15.Brazil
51'
F
S. Ansari 3.Iran
81'
Substitutes
M
S. Vasei 7.Iran
73'
M
S. Moridi 10.Iran
89'
F
M. Abbaszadeh 33.Iran
73'

Foolad started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Juan Ignacio Martínez Jiménez decided to play with the following team: Christopher Knett, Moussa Coulibaly, Shahin Tavakoli, Mojtaba Najarian, Mohammad Abshak, Lucas Candido, Godwin Mensha, Mohammad Alinejad Hosseinabad and Sasan Ansari.

The home team had on the bench: Saeed Vasei, Sina Moridi and Mohammad Abbaszadeh.

Substitutions

Foolad made 3 changes: Mohammad Abshak for Saeed Vasei (73′), Godwin Mensha for Sina Moridi (89′) and Mohammad Alinejad Hosseinabad for Mohammad Abbaszadeh (73′).

Caspian Qazvin – Formation

Caspian Qazvin started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Saeed Daghighi played with: .

They had on the bench: Sajjad Jafari.

Substitutions

Caspian Qazvin 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.​