TEHERAN. Persepolis topped Caspian Qazvin to win 2-1. G. Gvelesiani was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Persepolis to strike first with a goal of Giorgi Gvelesiani at the 45′. Then it was a goal in the 47′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Giorgi Gvelesiani gave the win to Persepolis in the 81′ minute with a penalty scoring a double. Persepolis capitalized on its superior ball possession (57%).
Amirmasoud Sarabadani squandered a decisive penalty (47′). That would have allowed Caspian Qazvin to draw the match.
The match was played at the Azadi Stadium stadium in Teheran on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Koopal Nazemi. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 12.07 degrees Celsius or 53.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 9 Total 9
- 4 On Target 5
- 5 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 78 Attack 67
- 52 Dangerous attack 52
- 38 Ball safe 29
- 1 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 6
Fouls
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Persepolis had a superior ball possession 57% while Caspian Qazvin was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Persepolis was more pushing with 52 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Persepolis won the match.
Persepolis shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Caspian Qazvin shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Persepolis received 1 yellow card (Omid Alishah). On the other side, Caspian Qazvin didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Persepolis has 25 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Caspian Qazvin will stays with 20 points to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Persian Gulf Pro League, Persepolis will host Nassaji Mazandaran on the 28th of December with a 7-0 head to head in favor of Persepolis (3 draws).
Persepolis – Formation
Persepolis
45', 81'
87'
84'
Persepolis adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Yahya Golmohammadi decided to play with the following team: Alireza Beiranvand, Danial Esmaeilifar, Giorgi Gvelesiani, Farshad Faraji, Ali Nemati, Saeid Sadeghi, Soroush Rafiei, Milad Sarlak, Mehdi Torabi, Omid Alishah and Nabil Bahoui.
The home team had on the bench: Masoud Rigi, Mohammadmehdi Ahmadi, Shahab Zahedi, Amirreza Rafiei, Alireza Babaei, Mohammad Milad Sourgi, Vakhdat Khanonov, Mohammad Omari and Sina Asadbeigi.
Substitutions
Persepolis made 2 changes: Mehdi Torabi for Masoud Rigi (84′) and Mehdi Torabi for Masoud Rigi (84′).
Caspian Qazvin – Formation
Caspian Qazvin
Also Caspian Qazvin adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Saeed Daghighi played with: Alireza Jafarpour, Ali Azadmanesh, Hossein Goudarzi, Mohammadmehdi Mohammadi, Hooman Rabizadeh, Sadegh Albosabih, Amirmohammad Nesaei, Amirmasoud Sarabadani, Mohammadreza Rezaei, Isa Moradi and Ali Asghar Aarabi Darb Ghale.
These were the players on the bench: Sajjad Jafari, Mojtaba Fakhrian, Rahman Jafari and Sina Saeidifar.
Substitutions
Caspian Qazvin decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.
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
