AHWAZ. Esteghlal Khuzestan beat Mes Rafsanjan to win 2-1. It was Esteghlal Khuzestan to strike first with a penalty of Mahmoud Motlaghzadeh at the 45′. Then it was a goal in the 74′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Alireza Kazemi gave the win to Esteghlal Khuzestan in the 84′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Ghadir Stadium stadium in Ahwaz on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Ali Safaei. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.51 degrees Celsius or 68.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 7 Total 9
- 4 On Target 5
- 3 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 80 Attack 94
- 48 Dangerous attack 76
- 51 Ball safe 48
- 1 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 8
Fouls
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Esteghlal Khuzestan was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Mes Rafsanjan that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Mes Rafsanjan was putting more pressure with 76 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Esteghlal Khuzestan managed to find the solution to win this match.
Esteghlal Khuzestan shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Mes Rafsanjan shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Esteghlal Khuzestan received 1 yellow card (Mahmoud Motlaghzadeh). On the other side, Mes Rafsanjan didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Esteghlal Khuzestan has 8 points to sit in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Mes Rafsanjan will stays with 14 points to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
Esteghlal Khuzestan – Formation
Esteghlal Khuzestan
14'
84'
53'
Esteghlal Khuzestan started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Sirous Pourmousavi decided to play with the following team: Mahmoud Motlaghzadeh, Farzin Garousian, Aghil Kaabi, Matin Karimzadeh, Mohammad Tayebi, Mohammad Soltani Mehr, Alireza Kazemi, Amirmohammad Mohkamkar, Alireza Khoshkafa, Javad Aghaeipour and Behrouz Barani.
The home team had on the bench: Ali Helichi, Hassan Pourhamidi, Foad Koroushat, Abolfazl Taherinejad, Mohammad Koohi and Mohammadhossein Baseri.
Substitutions
Esteghlal Khuzestan made 3 changes: Amirmohammad Mohkamkar for Mohammadhossein Baseri (14′), Behrouz Barani for Mohammad Koohi (79′) and Alireza Kazemi for Ali Helichi (88′).
Mes Rafsanjan – Formation
Mes Rafsanjan
Mes Rafsanjan started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Saket Elhami played with: Farshid Bagheri, Sajjad Shahbazzadeh, Meysam Teymouri, Mehdi Torkmaan, Davoud Noushi Sofiani, Hassan Jafari, Ramtin Soleimanzadeh, Mohammad Nejad Mehdi, Mohsen Azarpad, Nima Entezari and Mohammad Mehdi Mohebi.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Mustafa Mohammad Jaber, Mohammad Hossein Karimzadeh, Mohammad Khodabandelou, Luciano Chimba, Hossein Mehraban, Mehran Heydari, Ali Adnan, Mahan Kakolarimi and Mohammad Akbari.
Substitutions
Mes Rafsanjan made 4 changes: Hassan Jafari for Mohammad Hossein Karimzadeh (62′), Mohsen Azarpad for Mustafa Mohammad Jaber (62′), Mehdi Torkmaan for Luciano Chimba (71′) and Sajjad Shahbazzadeh for Mohammad Khodabandelou (71′).
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
