Rah Ahan stuns Sepahan, three games end in stalemate

MNA – Promoted Rah Ahan scored a surprising 3-1 away win over Sepahan while three matches ended in draw in the 11th week of the fifth Iran Pro League on Monday.
The capital-based Rah Ahan took the lead in Naqsh-e Jahan Stadium in central city of Isfahan from the penalty spot on 16 minutes, with Mehdi Tartar converting the spot-kick.

Amin Torkashvand widened the gap eight minutes after halftime, but Abbas Aqaii pulled one back in the 59th minute, which proved a consolation goal as Ahmad Taqavi restored the two-goal cushion one minute into stoppage time.

On the muddy pitch of Hafezieh Stadium of the southern capital Shiraz, Fajr-e Sepassi and the visiting Esteqlal of Ahvaz fought to a scoreless tie.

In Shahid Nassiri in the southern capital city of Yazd, Brazilian signing Carlos Santos extracted one point for promoted Shahid Qandi in a home match against Saba Battery, which ended 1-1.

Veteran fullback Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh put Saba ahead eight minutes after the kickoff and Santos ruled out the visitor’s opener five minutes from the interval.

In Enqelab Stadium in Karaj, 35km west of Tehran, the home team Saipa and Abu Moslem failed to find the net in the first half and struggled to 1-1 tie after the break.

Saipa opened the scoring on 75 minutes by Ali Ebrahimian, whose goal responded by Mohammadreza Khal’atbari six minutes later.

On Tuesday, holder Fulad entertains Barq in Abadan’s Takhti Stadium, the capital’s Esteqlal travels to northern city of Noshahr to meet Shamushak, the table-topper Zob Ahan plays an away match against Pas in Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium in western Tehran, and Persepolis hosts the northern side Malavan in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium.