AHWAZ. Esteghlal Khuzestan had a striking comeback against Aluminium Arak.

The match was played at the Ghadir Stadium stadium in Ahwaz on Wednesday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Iman Kahish. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.08 degrees Celsius or 68.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.​

Match Statistics​

Esteghlal Khuzestan

3 - 2

Aluminium Arak

  • 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
  • 12 Total 6
  • 3 On Target 2
  • 9 Off Target 4
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 87 Attack 74
  • 66 Dangerous attack 37
  • 11 Ball safe 15
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 4 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 3

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Esteghlal Khuzestan was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Aluminium Arak that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Esteghlal Khuzestan was putting more pressure with 66 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Esteghlal Khuzestan won the match​.

Esteghlal Khuzestan shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Aluminium Arak shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Esteghlal Khuzestan received 1 yellow card (). On the other side, Aluminium Arak received 2 yellow cards (Aref Haji Eydi and Aref Haji Eydi).

Match Timeline

34'
M. Limouchi(goal)
89'
A. Haji Eydi- Yellow
B. Barani- sub ->Ali Helichi
45'
A. Kazemi- sub ->Ahmad Jalali
45'
65'
M. Limouchi(goal)
J. Aghaeipour(goal)
68'
Sávio Roberto(goal)Aso Rostomm
72'
Aso Rostam(goal)
90'
P. Ranjbari- sub ->Dostonbek Tursunov
66'
74'
S. Bozorg- sub ->Reza Jabireh
H. Saki- sub ->Javad Aghaeipour
84'
86'
M. Kazemian- sub ->Mehdi Limouchi
89'
A. Haji Eydi- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Persepolis
59
27
Esteghlal
57
26
Sepahan
48
27
Tractor Sazi
47
27
Malavan
40
27
Caspian Qazvin
38
27
Gol Gohar
36
27
Aluminium Arak
35
27
Zob Ahan
33
26
Mes Rafsanjan
32
27
Havadar
29
27
Paykan
25
26
Esteghlal Khuzestan
22
26
Nassaji Mazandaran
22
26
Foolad
22
26
Sanat Naft
20
27

After this match, Esteghlal Khuzestan has 12 points to remain in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Aluminium Arak will stays with 25 points like Zob Ahan to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

Esteghlal Khuzestan – Formation

Esteghlal Khuzestan
G
H. Pourhamidi 77.Iran
D
A. Helichi 3.Iran
45'
D
D. Tursunov 44.Uzbekistan
66'
D
A. Khoshkafa 72.Iran
D
O. Ndong 90.Senegal
D
A. Jalali 80.Iran
45'
M
H. Shoushtari 8.Iran
M
H. Ahmadi 66.Iran
F
J. Aghaeipour 9.Iran
84' 68'
F
Aso Rostam 12.Iraq
90'
F
Sávio Roberto 50.Brazil
72'
Substitutes
G
F. Garousian 1.Iran
D
H. Saki 37.Iran
84'
M
A. Mohkamkar 21.Iran
M
A. Kazemi 23.Iran
45'
F
P. Ranjbari 13.Iran
66'
F
M. Koohi 15.Iran
F
B. Barani 11.Iran
45'

Esteghlal Khuzestan started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Sirous Pourmousavi decided to play with the following team: Dostonbek Tursunov, Alireza Khoshkafa, Ousmane N’Dong, Hassan Pourhamidi, Hossein Ahmadi, Ali Helichi, Sávio Roberto, Hasan Shoushtari, Ahmad Jalali, Aso Rostomm and Javad Aghaeipour.

The home team had on the bench: Farzin Garousian, Peyman Ranjbari, Mohammad Koohi, Amirmohammad Mohkamkar, Alireza Kazemi, Hossein Saki, Alireza Rahmati and Behrouz Barani.

Substitutions

Esteghlal Khuzestan made 4 changes: Ali Helichi for Behrouz Barani (45′), Ahmad Jalali for Alireza Kazemi (45′), Dostonbek Tursunov for Peyman Ranjbari (66′) and Javad Aghaeipour for Hossein Saki (84′).

Aluminium Arak – Formation

Aluminium Arak
G
A. Gohari 1.Iran
D
E. Ghahari 2.Iran
D
M. Mousavi 15.Iran
D
Y. Akbarpour 16.Iran
D
M. Badragheh 70.Iran
M
A. Nouri 5.Iran
M
A. Naghizadeh 8.Iran
74'
M
A. Haji Eydi 66.Iran
89'
F
M. Limouchi 7.Iran
86' 34', 65'
F
R. Jabireh 29.Iran
74'
F
M. Lotfi 79.Iran
Substitutes
G
M. Khalifeh 61.Iran
D
A. Soleimani 6.Iran
M
M. Kazemian 96.Iran
86'
F
B. Goudarzi 83.Iran
F
S. Bozorg 91.Iran
74'

Aluminium Arak started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Mojtaba Hoseini played with: Ahmad Gohari, Mehran Mousavi, Milad Badragheh, Aref Haji Eydi, Ehsan Ghahari, Mohammadmehdi Lotfi, Amir Nouri, Alireza Naghizadeh, Younes Akbarpour, Mehdi Limouchi and Reza Jabireh.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Abolfazl Soleimani, Mohammad Kheradmand, Mohammad Khalife, Bahram Goudarzi, Shervin Bozorg and Mohammad Amin Kazemian.

Substitutions

Aluminium Arak made 2 changes: Reza Jabireh for Shervin Bozorg (74′) and Mehdi Limouchi for Mohammad Amin Kazemian (86′).

Results of the day

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