Tartar's Persepolis Aims for Two Birds with One Stone / Both Top of the Table and Revenge

Persepolis is preparing to face Khiber Khorramabad while still haunted by the memory of two defeats last season. Now, Mehdi Tartar and his players have the chance to both make up for that setback and, with three points, improve their position at the top of the table.

The conditions of the table in the eighth week were such that the Khyber game for Persepolis is not just a normal match on the way to the Premier League.

In the last season, the Reds faced Khorramabad representative twice and left the field with defeat both times. An incident that has now become one of their important motivations for the upcoming meeting. On the other hand, after a 3-1 victory against Sanat Naft, Persepolis does not want to affect its process by losing points in this match.

two bitter failures; From Khorramabad to Tehran

The first confrontation between the two teams in the last season was held on 26 Mehr 1404 (the same days) at Takhti Stadium in Khorramabad; A match that Persepolis thought in the final minutes that it has gained at least one point.

Irfan Masoumi gave Khyber the lead in the 28th minute, but Omid Alishah scored the equalizing goal in the 90th minute, so that everything seemed ready to share the points. However, Issa Moradi scored Khyber's second goal in the 90+6 minute for the hosts to achieve a sweet victory and Persepolis left Khorramabad empty-handed.

But the first failure was not the end of the story. In the return match, which was held in Tehran on March 1, 1404, Khyber once again defeated Persepolis with a result of 2:1. Ehsan Hosseini scored for Khyber in the 12th minute and Ismail Babaei from the penalty spot in the 72nd minute, and Igor Sergeev compensated for only one of the goals in the 89th minute. A goal that was not enough for Persepolis to escape defeat.

In this way, Khyber, led by Mehdi Rahmati, defeated Persepolis last season. A statistic that alone is enough to raise the sensitivity of the upcoming match. The Reds now want to show that those two results are not going to become a recurring memory.

Three important points on the way to the top of the table

Of course, Persepolis' motivation is not only to compensate for past failures. Tartar's students are looking to continue their positive trend after the win against Sanat Naft and of course the draw between the two leading teams, Tractor and Esteghlal, and they know that there is no room for mistakes in a match where three points can affect the team's position in the table.

The meeting with Khyber will be held at Takhti Stadium in Khorramabad; Where the host, with the support of his fans, is looking to repeat the results of last season. Persepolis also knows that in order to achieve its goal, it must enter the field with more focus from the beginning and not allow the game to be dragged to the final minutes and unpredictable events again.

Now Tartar and his students have an important opportunity ahead; With a win, they can settle the account of last season to some extent and get three valuable points. For Persepolis, this is the same as one arrow and two arrows; However, although Khyber is ranked 12th in the table today, it has shown that it is not an easy opponent, and in order to take revenge, the Reds have to speak their word on the field this time.