Esteghlal Beats Nassaji to Return Top of IPL


Esteghlal Beats Nassaji to Return Top of IPL

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Esteghlal football team edged past Nassaji 1-0 in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Friday.

With four minutes remaining, Farshid Bagheri scored the only goal of the match with a powerful strike in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium.

Esteghlal returned top of the table with 26 points, followed by Sepahan (25 points) and Sanat Naft (23 points).

Sepahan defeated Zob Ahan football team 3-1 in Isfahan derby. Mohammad Mohebbi, Danial Esmaeilifar and Yasin Salmai were on target for Sepahan at the Foolad Shahr Stadium and Hossein Shanani scored for Zob Ahan.

Moreover, Paykan and Machine Sazi shared the spoils in a 2-2 draw, Aluminum Arak was held to a 1-1 draw by Saipa, Gol Gohar and Naft Masjed Soleyman played out a goalless draw and Sanat Naft drew 1-1 with Foolad in Abadan derby.

 

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