TEHERAN. Persepolis defeats Nassaji Mazandaran 1-0 after S. Zahedi scored just 1 goal (31′).
The match was played at the Azadi Stadium stadium in Teheran on Thursday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Seyed Reza Mahdavi. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.22 degrees Celsius or 54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 37%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 9 Total 7
- 3 On Target 3
- 6 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 88 Attack 79
- 52 Dangerous attack 28
- 63 Ball safe 67
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 1
Fouls
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Persepolis was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Nassaji Mazandaran that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Persepolis was putting more pressure with 52 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Persepolis won the match.
Persepolis shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Nassaji Mazandaran shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Persepolis received 1 yellow card (Alireza Beiranvand). On the other side, Nassaji Mazandaran didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Persepolis has 29 points like Esteghlal to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Nassaji Mazandaran will stays with 10 points to remain in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Persian Gulf Pro League, Persepolis will play away with Mes Rafsanjan on the 1st of January with a 5-0 head to head stats in favor of Persepolis (1 draw).
Persepolis – Formation
Persepolis
90'
90'
31'
Persepolis adopted the conservative line-up (4-5-1).
The manager Yahya Golmohammadi decided to play with the following team: Morteza Pouraliganji , Alireza Beiranvand, Danial Esmaeilifar, Giorgi Gvelesiani, Farshad Faraji, Mohammadmehdi Ahmadi, Soroush Rafiei, Omid Alishah, Saeid Sadeghi, Sina Asadbeigi and Shahab Zahedi.
The home team had on the bench: Masoud Rigi, Hossein Kanaani, Milad Sarlak, Nabil Bahoui, Amirreza Rafiei, Alireza Babaei, Mohammad Milad Sourgi, Vakhdat Khanonov and Mohammad Omari.
Substitutions
Persepolis made only 1 change substituting Soroush Rafiei for Milad Sarlak (90′).
Nassaji Mazandaran – Formation
Nassaji Mazandaran
Also Nassaji Mazandaran adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Seyed Mehdi Rahmati Oskouei played with: Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri, Saber Hardani, Amir Mohammad Houshmand, Amirhossein Samdaliri, Saeid Gholamalibeigi, Hossein Zamehran, Mohammadreza Torabi, Farshid Esmaeili, Mehrdad Abdi, Alaa Abbas and Nono.
These were the players on the bench: Hossein Khatir, Ali Davaran, Mahdi Rezaei Ghasr Ahmadi, Komeil Ghorbani, Amirhossein Mahjoori, Aria Barzegar, Esmaeil Babaei and Ahad Jamshidi Ghadikolaei.
Substitutions
Nassaji Mazandaran made 2 changes: Farshid Esmaeili for Amirhossein Mahjoori (69′) and Mohammadreza Torabi for Ahad Jamshidi Ghadikolaei (73′).
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
