SIRJAN. Gol Gohar tops Sepahan 3-1. Gol Gohar got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Alireza Alizadeh (14′) and Roberto Torres (52′). Sepahan tried to recover with a goal from Shahriar Moghanlou (59′). Nonetheless, the match was closed by a goal (88′) scored by Masih Zahedi for Gol Gohar.
The match was played at the Imam Ali Stadium stadium in Sirjan on Thursday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Abbas Raki. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 13.34 degrees Celsius or 56.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 30%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Gol Gohar was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Sepahan that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sepahan was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Gol Gohar succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Gol Gohar shot 8 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sepahan shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Gol Gohar received 3 yellow cards (Saeid Saharkhizan, Hamid Bouhamdan and Alireza Alizadeh). Regarding the opposition, Sepahan received 3 yellow cards (Shahriar Moghanlou, Arshia Sarshogh and Mohammad Daneshgar).
Also, Sepahan didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Arshia Sarshogh (Sepahan) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (47′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Gol Gohar has 22 points to sit in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Sepahan will stays with 31 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Sepahan will play away against Caspian Qazvin on the 1st of January with a 0-0 head to head statistic.
Gol Gohar – Formation
Gol Gohar adopted the 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, Roberto Torres, Alireza Alizadeh, Ahmad Zendehrooh, Hamid Bouhamdan, Saeid Saharkhizan and Ali Asghar Aashouri.
The home team had on the bench: Pouria Latififar, Amir Jafari Seighalani, Mehdi Mamizadeh, Mohsen Forouzan Dashti, Alireza Koushki, Mitchell Te Vrede, Alireza Arta, Eric Baboué Bocoum and Pouria Latififar.
Substitutions
Gol Gohar made 4 changes: Ali Asghar Aashouri for Alireza Koushki (61′), Hamid Bouhamdan for Eric Baboué Bocoum (73′), Saeid Saharkhizan for Mitchell Te Vrede (85′) and Roberto Torres for Mehdi Mamizadeh (85′).
Sepahan – Formation
Also Sepahan adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
José Manuel Ferreira de Morais played with: Nima Mirzazad, Milad Zakipour, Mohammad Daneshgar, Mohammad Ghorbani, Aria Yousefi, Farshad Ahmadzadeh Borouki, Mohammadjavad Hosseinnejad, Arshia Sarshogh, Ali Ahmadi, Shahriar Moghanlou and Issa Alkasir.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Payam Niazmand, Mohammad Salehi and Mahdi Hosseini.
Substitutions
Sepahan made 2 changes: Farshad Ahmadzadeh Borouki for Omid Noorafkan (90′) and Aria Yousefi for Mohammad Salehi (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
- Gol Gohar – Sepahan – 3-1
- Persepolis – Nassaji Mazandaran – 1-0