Sepahan beats Foolad 3-1

ISFAHAN. Sepahan overcomes Foolad 3-1.

December 15, 2023

ISFAHAN. Sepahan beats Foolad 3-1. Sepahan got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Farshad Ahmadzadeh Borouki (6′) and Shahriar Moghanlou (12′). Foolad tried to recover with a goal from Adel Arghand (30′). Nevertheless, the match was closed by a goal (67′) scored by Kaveh Rezaei for Sepahan.

The match was played at the Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium stadium in Isfahan on Thursday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 8.18 degrees Celsius or 46.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.

Match Statistics

Sepahan

3 - 1

Foolad

55 Ball Possession 45

Shots

14 Total 1
4 On Target 1
10 Off Target 0
0 Shots blocked 0

79 Attack 73
74 Dangerous attack 61
47 Ball safe 51

0 Penalties 0
9 Corners 4

Fouls

5 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 1

Other

4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Sepahan had a strong ball possession 55% while Foolad was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sepahan was more aggressive with 74 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sepahan won the match.

Sepahan shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Foolad shot 1 times, 1 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

Sepahan received 5 yellow cards (Seyed Mohammad Karimi, Issa Alkasir, Hadi Mohammadi, Reza Asadi and Farshad Ahmadzadeh Borouki). Regarding the opposition, Foolad received 1 yellow card (Sasan Ansari).

Also, Foolad didn’t end the match with 11 players after Ali Shojaei (Foolad) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (74′).

Match Timeline

F. Ahmadzadeh(goal)Ramin Rezaeian

Shahriar Moghanlou(goal)Ramin Rezaeian

12'

30'

A. Arghand(goal)Sasan Ansari

Aria Yousefi - sub ->Reza Shekari Ghezel Ghaya

32'

Seyed Mohammad Karimi- Yellow

32'

M. Hosseinnezhad- sub ->Farshad Ahmadzadeh Borouki

63'

K. Rezaei(goal)Shahriar Moghanlou

67'

74'

A. Shojaei- Red

H. Mohammadi- Yellow

49'

Reza Asadi- Yellow

57'

F. Ahmadzadeh- Yellow

62'

K. Rezaei- sub ->Reza Asadi

63'

66'

S. Ansari- Yellow

77'

M. Najarian- sub ->Adel Arghand

77'

A. Moredi- sub ->Mohammad Alinejad Hosseinabad

80'

E. Pahlevan- sub ->Milad Zakipour

80'

86'

87'

S. Shah Abbasi- sub ->Sina Moridi

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this encounter, Sepahan has 24 points to hold in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Foolad will stays with 10 points like Havadar, Paykan and Sanat Naft to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

Sepahan – Formation

Sepahan

Payam Niazmand 1.Iran

H. Mohammadi 2.Iran

49'

Ramin Rezaeian 9.Iran

Milad Zakipour 18.Iran

80'

Mohammad Ghorbani 66.Iran

Reza Asadi 5.Iran

63'

57'

B. Dabo 6.Burkina Faso

Seyed Mohammad Karimi 8.Iran

32'

F. Ahmadzadeh 10.Iran

63'

62'

Shahriar Moghanlou 70.Iran

80'

12'

R. Shekari 81.Iran

32'

Substitutes

N. Mirzazad 44.Iran

Aria Yousefi 14.Iran

32'

M. Hosseinnezhad 86.Iran

63'

A. Sarshogh 80.Iran

E. Pahlevan 90.Iran

80'

I. Alekasir 7.Iran

80'

90'

K. Rezaei 11.Iran

63'

67'

A. Ahmadi 77.Iran

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

The manager José Manuel Ferreira de Morais decided to play with the following team: Payam Niazmand, Bryan Dabo, Hadi Mohammadi, Mohammad Ghorbani, Milad Zakipour, Reza Asadi, Seyed Mohammad Karimi, Ramin Rezaeian, Farshad Ahmadzadeh Borouki, Reza Shekari Ghezel Ghaya and Shahriar Moghanlou.

The home team had on the bench: Mohammadjavad Hosseinnejad, Issa Alkasir, Kaveh Rezaei, Aria Yousefi, Nima Mirzazad, Ali Ahmadi, Arshia Sarshogh and Ehsan Pahlevan.

Substitutions

Sepahan made 5 changes: Reza Shekari Ghezel Ghaya for Aria Yousefi (32′), Farshad Ahmadzadeh Borouki for Mohammadjavad Hosseinnejad (63′), Reza Asadi for Kaveh Rezaei (63′), Shahriar Moghanlou for Issa Alkasir (80′) and Milad Zakipour for Ehsan Pahlevan (80′).

Foolad – Formation

Foolad

C. Knett 25.Austria

M. Coulibaly 5.Mali

S. Tavakoli 14.Iran

M. Khademi 19.Iran

M. Alinejad 9.Iran

77'

S. Moridi 10.Iran

87'

A. Shojaei 23.Iran

74'

M. Askari 45.Iran

S. Ansari 3.Iran

86'

66'

A. Arghand 80.Iran

77'

30'

Substitutes

S. Shah Abbasi 6.Iran

87'

M. Najarian 20.Iran

77'

V. Heydarieh 50.Iran

A. Moredi 29.Iran

77'

M. Abshak 13.Iran

86'

Lucas Cândido 15.Brazil

M. Ghobeishavi 11.Iran

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

Juan Ignacio Martínez Jiménez played with: Christopher Knett, Mohammad Khademi Monfared, Moussa Coulibaly, Ali Shojaei, Mohammad Askari, Shahin Tavakoli, Sina Moridi, Adel Arghand, Mohammad Alinejad Hosseinabad, Sasan Ansari.

These were the players on the bench: Godwin Mensha, Sina Shahabassi, Mohammad Abshak, Lucas Candido, Mojtaba Najarian, Vahid Heydarieh, Mohammad Ghobeishavi and Abolfazl Moredi.