Why Did Persepolis Miss Out on Victory in Khorramabad? / Tough Path to the Top After Goalless Draw

Persepolis's foreign stars wasting one-on-one chances kept the team's jinx at Khaibar Stadium alive.

In a delayed match from the seventh week of the Premier League, Persepolis football team faced Khyber in Khorramabad, and this game ended in a goalless draw. The Reds have not won in Khorramabad in the last 3 years. With this result, the Persepolis team got 17 points, but because of the better goal difference than the Tractor team, they reached the top of the Premier League table.

Khyber squad: Mohammad Reza Dinarvand, Irfan Garhami, Fardin Yousefi, Issa Moradi (Alireza Maleki), Hossein Shenani (Sajad Danaei), Masoud Mohebi, Hamid Haji Aghaei (Mehrdad Qanbari), Ali Khanzadi (Hamidreza Zarouni), Amir Hossein Farsi (Amirreza Timuri), Abuzar Safarzadeh, Ismail Babaei. Head coach: Faraz Kamalvand. Mehdi Tikdari (Abolfazl Jadidi), Pooya Pourali, Mohammad Khodabandelu (Mohammed Hossein Sadeghi), Mohammad Mehdi Mohebi, Uston Oronov (Bifoma), Igor Sergeev (Puria Shahrabadi), Ali Alipour (Yasin Salmani) Head coach: Mehdi Tartar Referee: Bijan Heydar Yellow card: Alireza Maleki from Khyber and Yasin Salmani from Persepolis Red card: _Goal:_

13th minute: Issa Moradi's dangerous shot went dangerously into the corner after hitting the defender of Persepolis.

Minute 32: Oronov's solo move was accompanied by his shot, but this shot went wide of Khayber's goal with a short distance.

34th minute: Referee Heydari announced a penalty for Persepolis team in this minute, but after reviewing this penalty, it was rejected. Navid Mozafari, an expert of Fars refereeing, said about this scene: "There was no mistake in the penalty area of ​​Khyber, the Persepolis player threw himself on the ground after one step and simulated it."

Minute 43: Tikdri's good pass reached Sergeev, but his shot went over the top of Khyber's goal.

45+4 minutes: Auston Oronov's scissors kick went wide of the Khayber goal with a small difference.

65th minute: Mohebi got a good position in front of Khyber's goal, but his shot was given to Dinarund in a one-on-one situation.

67th minute: Bifuma got a good position in front of Khyber's goal, but Dinarund sent his shot to the corner. 71st minute: Bifuma couldn't open the goal of Khyber's team in a one-on-one situation, and his shot went out from the side of the goal.