TEHERAN. Esteghlal prevails over Tractor Sazi with a 2-0 win with a goal from I. Salimi (26′) and a goal from G. Blanco (50′).
The match was played at the Azadi Stadium stadium in Teheran on Saturday and it started at 4:20 pm local time. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 17.47 degrees Celsius or 63.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 4 Total 8
- 2 On Target 1
- 2 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 59 Attack 83
- 27 Dangerous attack 44
- 30 Ball safe 39
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
Fouls
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Esteghlal was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Tractor Sazi that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Tractor Sazi was more pushing with 44 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Esteghlal managed to find the solution to win this match.
Esteghlal shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Tractor Sazi shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Esteghlal received 1 yellow card (Armin Sohrabian). Talking about the opposition, Tractor Sazi received 3 yellow cards (Mehdi Hasheminejad, Shoja Khalilzadeh and Safaa Hadi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Esteghlal will have 22 points to remain in the 1st place. On the other side, Tractor Sazi will stay with 15 points like Sepahan to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
Esteghlal – Formation
Esteghlal
40'
23'
26'
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, Iman Salimi, Armin Sohrabian, Kevin Yamga, Roozbeh Cheshmi, Abolfazl Jalali, Arash Rezavand, Mehrdad Mohammadi and Gustavo Blanco.
The home team had on the bench: Mohammadreza Khaledabadi, Saleh Hardani, Saeid Mehri, Jafar Salmani, Saman Touranian, Arman Ramezani, Omid Hamedifar, Amir Arsalan Motahari and Amirali Sadeghi.
Substitutions
Esteghlal made 5 changes: Mohammad Hossein Moradmand for Omid Hamedifar (40′), Mehdi Mehdipour for Saeid Mehri (78′), Gustavo Blanco for Arman Ramezani (78′), Mehrdad Mohammadi for Saleh Hardani (85′) and Abolfazl Jalali for Jafar Salmani (85′).
Tractor Sazi – Formation
Tractor Sazi
Tractor Sazi started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Francisco Jémez Martín played with: Hossein Pour Hamidi, Shoja Khalilzadeh, Mohammad Aghajanpour Mati Kalaei, Aref Aghasi, Mehdi Shiri, Safaa Hadi, Gustavo Vagenin, Mohammad Naderi, Mehdi Hasheminejad and Aref Rostami, Álvaro Jiménez.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Seyed Mehdi Hosseini, Mohammad Mehdi Ghanbari, Mehdi Abdi Qara, Saeid Karimazar, Ehsan Moradian, Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, Siamak Nemati, Amir Ebrahimzadeh and Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh.
Substitutions
Tractor Sazi made 3 changes: Mohammad Aghajanpour Mati Kalaei for Mehdi Abdi Qara (59′), Álvaro Jiménez for Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (59′) and Safaa Hadi for Siamak Nemati (75′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
- Sanat Naft – Havadar – 0-2
- Esteghlal – Tractor Sazi – 2-0
