TEHERAN. Esteghlal conquers Sepahan 1-0 after R. Cheshmi scored just 1 goal (36′).
The match was played at the Azadi Stadium stadium in Teheran on Tuesday and it started at 5:15 pm local time. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.82 degrees Celsius or 71.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Esteghlal was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Sepahan that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sepahan was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Esteghlal managed to find the solution to win this match.
Esteghlal shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sepahan shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Esteghlal received 3 yellow cards (Iman Salimi, Gustavo Blanco and Omid Hamedifar). On the other side, Sepahan received 2 yellow cards (Siavash Yazdani Moghadam and Ali Asghar Aarabi Darb Ghale).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Esteghlal has 39 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Sepahan will stays with 31 points to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
Esteghlal – Formation
Esteghlal
90'
36'
40'
Esteghlal started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Javad Nekounam decided to play with the following team: Mohammad Hossein Moradmand , Hossein Hosseini, Raphael Silva, Armin Sohrabian, Iman Salimi, Saleh Hardani, Mehdi Mehdipour, Roozbeh Cheshmi, Abolfazl Jalali, Arash Rezavand, Gustavo Blanco and Jaloliddin Masharipov.
The home team had on the bench: Mehrdad Mohammadi, Peyman Babaei, Mohammadreza Khaledabadi, Zobeir Niknafs, Jafar Salmani, Saman Touranian, Arman Ramezani, Omid Hamedifar and Seyyed Milad Sheikh Fakhreddini.
Substitutions
Esteghlal made 4 changes: Mehdi Mehdipour for Omid Hamedifar (77′), Jaloliddin Masharipov for Mehrdad Mohammadi (77′), Gustavo Blanco for Arman Ramezani (88′) and Abolfazl Jalali for Mohammad Hossein Moradmand (90′).
Sepahan – Formation
Sepahan
Sepahan started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
José Manuel Ferreira de Morais played with: Payam Niazmand, Ramin Rezaeian, Mohammad Daneshgar, Siavash Yazdani Moghadam, Milad Zakipour, Farshad Ahmadzadeh Borouki, Mohammadjavad Hosseinnejad, Bryan Dabo, Omid Noorafkan, Reza Asadi, Shahriar Moghanlou.
They had on the bench: Hadi Mohammadi, Kaveh Rezaei, Aria Yousefi, Mohammad Salehi, Ali Asghar Aarabi Darb Ghale, Issah Abass, Nima Mirzazad and Abbas Habibi.
Substitutions
Sepahan made 5 changes: Milad Zakipour for Abbas Habibi (76′), Reza Asadi for Kaveh Rezaei (76′), Farshad Ahmadzadeh Borouki for Aria Yousefi (46′), Mohammadjavad Hosseinnejad for Ali Asghar Aarabi Darb Ghale (46′) and Aria Yousefi for Hadi Mohammadi (86′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
