FOOLADSHAHR. Esteghlal and Zob Ahan draw 1-1. A. Sohrabian scored the first goal (62′) for Esteghlal. M. Aliyari equalized (78′).

The match was played at the Folād Shahr Stadium stadium in Fooladshahr. The referee was Amir Saman Soltani. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 12.5 degrees Celsius or 54.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.​

Standings

After this contest, Zob Ahan will have 19 points like Malavan to sit in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Esteghlal will have 23 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

Zob Ahan – Formation

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

The manager Mohammad Rabiei decided to play with the following team: Parsa Jafari, Mohammad Ghoreishi, Amirhossein Rangraz Jeddi, Nader Mohammadi, Ali Mosleh Taklimi, Fardin Yousefi, Mehrdad Rezaei, Pourya Aria Kia, Mohammadhossein Eslami, Mohammad Javad Mohammadi Marz Roudi and Majid Aliyari.

The home team had on the bench: Sadjad Ashouri Meidani, Kamal Kamyabinia, Pouya Mokhtari Hezar Roud, Danial Iri, Habib Far Abbasi, Farshad Mohammadi Mehr, Mohammad Erfan Masoumi, Omid Latifi and Saeid Bagherpasnad.

Substitutions

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

Esteghlal – Formation

Esteghlal started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Javad Nekounam played with: Hossein Hosseini, Iman Salimi, Roozbeh Cheshmi, Armin Sohrabian, Kevin Yamga, Arash Rezavand, Omid Hamedifar, Abolfazl Jalali, Gustavo Blanco, Mehrdad Mohammadi.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mohammadreza Khaledabadi, Saleh Hardani, Saeid Mehri, Jafar Salmani, Saman Touranian, Arman Ramezani, Amir Arsalan Motahari and Mohammad Hossein Zavari.

Substitutions

Esteghlal made 3 changes: Abolfazl Jalali for Jafar Salmani (89′), Mehdi Mehdipour for Saeid Mehri (85′) and Mehdi Mehdipour for Saeid Mehri (85′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Persian Gulf Pro League.​

• Tractor Sazi – Foolad – 2-0
• Caspian Qazvin – Gol Gohar – 1-1
• Zob Ahan – Esteghlal – 1-1