SIRJAN. Gol Gohar and Esteghlal draw 1-1. M. Zahedi scored the first goal (20′) for Gol Gohar. K. Yamga settled the score (45′) with a penalty.

The match was played at the Imam Ali Stadium stadium in Sirjan on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Payam Heydari. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 13.55 degrees Celsius or 56.39 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 30%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Esteghlal had a strong ball possession 55% while Gol Gohar was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Esteghlal was putting more pressure with 46 dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Esteghlal to win the contest​.

Gol Gohar shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Esteghlal shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Gol Gohar received 2 yellow cards (Hamid Bouhamdan and Alireza Alizadeh). On the other side, Esteghlal received 2 yellow cards (Abolfazl Jalali and Saleh Hardani).

Standings

After playing this match, Gol Gohar has 19 points to hold in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Esteghlal will has 29 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Persian Gulf Pro League, Gol Gohar will host Sepahan on the 28th of December with a 5-1 head to head stats in favor of Sepahan (2 draws).

Gol Gohar – Formation

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

The manager Marinos Ouzounidis decided to play with the following team: Mohammadreza Akhbari, Behnam Barzayi, Saman Fallah, Masih Zahedi, Seyyed Abolfazl Razzaghpour, Saeid Saharkhizan, Hamid Bouhamdan, Ahmad Zendehrooh, Alireza Alizadeh, Alireza Koushki and Mehdi Mamizadeh.

The home team had on the bench: Mitchell Te Vrede, Pouria Latififar and Amirreza Eslamtalab.

Substitutions

Gol Gohar made 2 changes: Saeid Saharkhizan for Mitchell Te Vrede (74′) and Alireza Koushki for Amirreza Eslamtalab (86′).

Esteghlal – Formation

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

Javad Nekounam played with: Hossein Hosseini, Saleh Hardani, Armin Sohrabian, Abolfazl Jalali, Kevin Yamga, Mehdi Mehdipour, Roozbeh Cheshmi, Mehrdad Mohammadi, Omid Hamedifar, Arash Rezavand and Arman Ramezani.

These were the players on the bench: Saeid Mehri, Jafar Salmani, Zobeir Niknafs and Gustavo Blanco.

Substitutions

Esteghlal made 5 changes: Mehrdad Mohammadi for Peyman Babaei (63′), Mehdi Mehdipour for Saeid Mehri (76′), Arash Rezavand for Zobeir Niknafs (86′), Abolfazl Jalali for Jafar Salmani (76′) and Arman Ramezani for Gustavo Blanco (86′).

Results of the day

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

• Paykan – Foolad – 0-0
• Gol Gohar – Esteghlal – 1-1
• Nassaji Mazandaran – Havadar – 2-2
• Esteghlal Khuzestan – Mes Rafsanjan – 2-1
• Sepahan – Aluminium Arak – 0-1
• Persepolis – Caspian Qazvin – 2-1