AHWAZ. Esteghlal didn’t concede much to Foolad to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Saturday..

The match was played at the Ghadir Stadium stadium in Ahwaz on Saturday and it started at 5:45 pm local time. The referee was Aliasghar Momeni. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 25.15 degrees Celsius or 77.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 21%.​

Match Timeline

19'
A. Rezavand- Yellow
A. Shojaei- Yellow
19'
40'
K. Yamga- sub ->Iman Salimi
69'
74'
74'
A. Ramezani- sub ->Mehrdad Mohammadi
78'
44'
Roozbeh Cheshmi- Yellow
M. Askari- Yellow
54'
65'
M. Mehdipour- Yellow
Lucas Cândido- sub ->Sina Moridi
85'
V. Heydarieh- sub ->Ali Shojaei
85'
G. Mensha- sub ->Adel Arghand
85'
S. Moridi- Yellow
71'
M. Alinejad- Yellow
90'
85'
M. Niknafs- sub ->Omid Hamedifar
85'
J. Salmani- sub ->Abolfazl Jalali
90'
J. Salmani- Yellow

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 match, Foolad has 10 points like Havadar, Paykan and Sanat Naft to sit in the 14th place. On the other side, Esteghlal will has 24 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

Foolad – Formation

Foolad
G
C. Knett 25.Austria
D
M. Coulibaly 5.Mali
D
S. Tavakoli 14.Iran
D
M. Khademi 19.Iran
D
Jeferson Bahia 28.Brazil
M
M. Alinejad 9.Iran
90'
M
S. Moridi 10.Iran
85' 71'
M
M. Askari 45.Iran
69' 54'
M
A. Shojaei 23.Iran
85' 19'
F
S. Ansari 3.Iran
78'
F
A. Arghand 80.Iran
85'
Substitutes
D
V. Heydarieh 50.Iran
85'
M
Lucas Cândido 18.Brazil
85'
M
S. Vasei 7.Iran
78'
M
M. Abshak 13.Iran
69'
F
G. Mensha 90.Nigeria
85'

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

The manager Juan Ignacio Martínez Jiménez decided to play with the following team: Mohammad Askari, Christopher Knett, Shahin Tavakoli, Jeferson Bahia, Moussa Coulibaly, Adel Arghand, Mohammad Khademi Monfared, Sina Moridi, Ali Shojaei, Mohammad Alinejad Hosseinabad and Sasan Ansari.

The home team had on the bench: Godwin Mensha, Lucas Candido and Vahid Heydarieh.

Substitutions

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

Esteghlal – Formation

Esteghlal
G
Hossein Hosseini 1.Iran
D
Saleh Hardani 2.Iran
D
Roozbeh Cheshmi 4.Iran
44'
D
Armin Sohrabian 5.Iran
D
I. Salimi 6.Iran
40'
D
Abolfazl Jalali 33.Iran
85'
M
O. Hamedifar 26.Iran
85'
M
A. Rezavand 88.Iran
19'
M
M. Mehdipour 9.Iran
74' 65'
F
M. Mohammadi 7.Iran
74'
F
G. Blanco Leschuk 19.Argentina
Substitutes
D
K. Yamga 11.France
40'
D
J. Salmani 17.Iran
85' 90'
M
Saeid Mehri 8.Iran
74'
M
M. Niknafs 14.Iran
85'
M
M. Zavari 80.Iran
F
A. Ramezani 23.Iran
74'

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

Javad Nekounam played with: Hossein Hosseini, Saleh Hardani, Armin Sohrabian, Iman Salimi, Abolfazl Jalali, Arash Rezavand, Omid Hamedifar, Roozbeh Cheshmi, Mehdi Mehdipour, Gustavo Blanco and Mehrdad Mohammadi.

These were the players on the bench: Saeid Mehri, Mohammadreza Khaledabadi, Kevin Yamga, Zobeir Niknafs, Jafar Salmani, Arman Ramezani and Mohammad Hossein Zavari.

Substitutions

Esteghlal made 5 changes: Omid Hamedifar for Zobeir Niknafs (85′), Omid Hamedifar for Zobeir Niknafs (85′), Abolfazl Jalali for Jafar Salmani (85′), Abolfazl Jalali for Jafar Salmani (85′) and Abolfazl Jalali for Jafar Salmani (85′).

Results of the day

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