TEHERAN. Esteghlal was able to clinch a draw against Persepolis with a late goal from K. Yamga scored in the (90′) after Persepolis got a lead with a goal from O. Alishah (77′).
The match was played at the Azadi Stadium stadium in Teheran on Thursday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.93 degrees Celsius or 49.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Persepolis has 21 points like Tractor Sazi to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Esteghlal will has 25 points to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
Persepolis – Formation
Persepolis
69'
54'
77'
Persepolis started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Yahya Golmohammadi decided to play with the following team: Alireza Beiranvand, Danial Esmaeilifar, Giorgi Gvelesiani, Hossein Kanaani, Ali Nemati, Milad Sarlak, Masoud Rigi, Saeid Sadeghi, Soroush Rafiei, Mehdi Torabi and Shahab Zahedi.
The home team had on the bench: Omid Alishah, Farshad Faraji, Mohammadmehdi Ahmadi, Amirreza Rafiei, Mohammad Milad Sourgi, Vakhdat Khanonov, Mohammad Omari, Sina Asadbeigi and Nabil Bahoui.
Substitutions
Persepolis made 5 changes: Mehdi Torabi for Omid Alishah (71′), Soroush Rafiei for Mohammad Omari (71′), Danial Esmaeilifar for Vakhdat Khanonov (69′), Saeid Sadeghi for Farshad Faraji (84′) and Shahab Zahedi for Nabil Bahoui (85′).
Esteghlal – Formation
Esteghlal
Esteghlal started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Javad Nekounam played with: Hossein Hosseini, Armin Sohrabian, Roozbeh Cheshmi, Abolfazl Jalali, Saleh Hardani, Mehdi Mehdipour, Arash Rezavand, Omid Hamedifar, Kevin Yamga, Mehrdad Mohammadi and Gustavo Blanco.
They had on the bench: Saeid Mehri, Mohammadreza Khaledabadi, Zobeir Niknafs, Jafar Salmani, Saman Touranian, Arman Ramezani, Amir Arsalan Motahari, Amirali Sadeghi and Peyman Babaei.
Substitutions
Esteghlal made 3 changes: Mehdi Mehdipour for Arman Ramezani (81′), Mehrdad Mohammadi for Peyman Babaei (81′) and Armin Sohrabian for Zobeir Niknafs (85′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
- Caspian Qazvin – Nassaji Mazandaran – 2-1
- Sepahan – Foolad – 3-1
- Persepolis – Esteghlal – 1-1
