FOOLADSHAHR. Persepolis tops Zob Ahan 1-0 after G. Gvelesiani scored a penalty (9′). Persepolis took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).
Mohsen Azarpad received a red card (59′). This red card was one of the reason why Zob Ahan lost the match.
The match was played at the Folād Shahr Stadium stadium in Fooladshahr. The referee was Ali Safaei. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 3.09 degrees Celsius or 37.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.
Match Statistics
- 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
- 4 Total 11
- 3 On Target 7
- 1 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 99 Attack 109
- 75 Dangerous attack 76
- 61 Ball safe 63
- 0 Penalties 1
- 3 Corners 7
Fouls
- 5 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Persepolis was in firm control of the ball 57% while Zob Ahan was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Persepolis was more pushing with 76 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Persepolis won the contest.
Zob Ahan shot 4 times, 3 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Persepolis shot 11 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Zob Ahan received 5 yellow cards (Fardin Yousefi, Mehrdad Rezaei, Ali Mosleh Taklimi, Mohammadhossein Eslami and Kamal Kamyabinia). Regarding the opposition, Persepolis received 2 yellow cards (Ali Nemati and Abdelkarim Hassan).
(Zob Ahan) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (59′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Zob Ahan stays with 25 points like Aluminium Arak to sit in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Persepolis will has 36 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
Zob Ahan – Formation
Zob Ahan
80'
90'
59'
Zob Ahan started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Mohammad Rabiei decided to play with the following team: Mohsen Forouzan Dashti, Amirhossein Rangraz Jeddi, Fariborz Gerami, Mohammad Ghoreishi, Pourya Aria Kia, Fardin Yousefi, Mehrdad Rezaei, Ali Mosleh Taklimi, Mohsen Azarpad, Mohammad Javad Mohammadi Marz Roudi and Majid Aliyari.
The home team had on the bench: Parsa Jafari, Kamal Kamyabinia, Danial Iri, Ahmad Shariatzadeh, Saeed Karimi, Grigol Chabradze, Mohammad Erfan Masoumi, Omid Latifi and Mohammadhossein Eslami.
Substitutions
Zob Ahan made 5 changes: Pourya Aria Kia for Mohammadhossein Eslami (57′), Fardin Yousefi for Kamal Kamyabinia (78′), Amirhossein Rangraz Jeddi for Grigol Chabradze (80′), Majid Aliyari for Omid Latifi (80′) and Mohammad Javad Mohammadi Marz Roudi for Ahmad Shariatzadeh (80′).
Persepolis – Formation
Persepolis
9'
Persepolis started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Osmar Loss played with: Amirreza Rafiei, Alireza Beiranvand, Danial Esmaeilifar, Giorgi Gvelesiani, Hossein Kanaani, Ali Nemati, Saeid Sadeghi, Masoud Rigi, Soroush Rafiei, Mehdi Torabi and Issa Alkasir, Omid Alishah.
These were the players on the bench: Farshad Faraji, Abolfazl Babaei Yekta, Vahid Amiri , Mohammad Khodabandelou, Abdelkarim Hassan, Mehrshad Asadi, Vakhdat Khanonov, Oston Urunov and Sina Asadbeigi.
Substitutions
Persepolis made 5 changes: Saeid Sadeghi for Oston Urunov (66′), Giorgi Gvelesiani for Farshad Faraji (66′), Ali Nemati for Abdelkarim Hassan (57′), Issa Alkasir for Vahid Amiri (89′) and Omid Alishah for Mohammad Khodabandelou (89′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
- Tractor Sazi – Esteghlal Khuzestan – 2-0
- Caspian Qazvin – Mes Rafsanjan – 0-0
- Paykan – Sanat Naft – 2-2
- Zob Ahan – Persepolis – 0-1
