The most awaited match of the week of course was Shahravard, the Tehran derby, refereed by Alireza Faghani: without injured Vahid Amiri, Persepolis shared one point with arch-rivals Esteghlal [read the full report].
Tractorsazi took advantage of the tie, reaching the Reds at top of the table, thanks to their successful trip at Zob Ahan home: Sina Ashouri scored the winner few minutes after Lebanese midfielder Ali Hamam had equalized.
A late goal by Mohammadreza Khanzadeh prevented a home defeat for FC Mashhad Siahjamegan, denying what could be Saba Qom first win of the season.
Mehdi Torabi is the new leader of Saipa, skilled in scoring vital goals in the final minutes (as in the previous game): the 22-years-old midfielder responded to Chimba leading goal for Gostaresh Foolad: the Brazilian striker is the only player to score among his squad.
Sepahan beat away Mashinsazi, climbing standings and becoming 3rd: Isfahanis risked a late equalizer, after Ehsan Hajsafi missed a penalty at 86′, and two minutes later Saman Nariman Jahan hit the right goalpost.
With a goalless draw against Paykan at Shohada Stadium, Naft Tehran lose one position in the ranking.
Esteghlal Khuzestan showed once more a very offensive attitude, taking the advantage against Sanat Naft, but again they could not end a match with a clean sheet, proving to be the most weak defence of the tournament.
In the last game of the week a penalty scored by Sasan Ansari helped Foolad Khuzestan to defeat Padideh and to leave the bottom.
Persian Gulf Pro League 1395/96 identifies her champions best candidate in Tractorsazi and Persepolis, since both clubs are still unbeaten after 6 weeks. On the other side, Esteghlal Tehran proved to be ready to face high level opponents: Mansourian’s squad has improved despite a bad start, and maybe new arrival Leandro Padovani will make better the Blues defence.

 

WEEK 6

Thursday 15 September 2016

Mashinsazi Tabriz 0-1 Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Isfahan [WATCH goal & highlights]
Goal: 22′ Reza Mirzaei (SEP)
Bookings: 24′ Amin Ghasseminejad (MTA), 45′ Jalaleldin Alimohammadi (SEP), 45′ Andranik Teymourian (MTA), 73′ Armin Sohrabian (SEP), Mir Mehdi Ghoreishi (MTA)
Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

FC Mashhad 2-2 Saba Qom [WATCH goals & highlights]
Goals: 44′ Payam Malekian (MAS), 57′ Ahmad Hassanzadeh (SAB), 86′ Karim Eslami (SAB), 93′ Mohammadreza Khanzadeh (MAS)
Bookings: 33′ Hamed Lak (SAB), 47′ Mousa Traore (MAS), 55′ Milad Abtahi (SAB), 60′ Reza Sharbati (MAS), 93′ Mohammadreza Khanzadeh (MAS)
Referee: Yaser Hamrang

Paykan Qods 0-0 Naft Tehran
Bookings: 33′ Mahan Rahmani (PAY), 52′ Godwin Mensha (PAY), 60′ Mohammad Daneshgar (NAF), 62′ Mohammad Ghazi (NAF)
Referee: Mohsen Torki

Saipa 1-1 Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz [WATCH goals & highlights]
Goals: 56′ Luciano “Chimba” Pereira (GOF), 86′ Mehdi Torabi (SAI)
Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

Zob Ahan Isfahan 1-2 Tractorsazi Tabriz [WATCH highlights]
Goals: 40′ pen. Mohammad Iranpourian (TRA), 69′ Ali Hamam (ZOB), 73′ Sina Ashouri (TRA)
Bookings: 33′ Mohammad Iranpourian (TRA), 38′ Morteza Tabrizi (ZOB), 72′ Ali Hamam (ZOB), 86′ Saeid Aghaei (TRA)
Referee: Payam Heydari

Sanat Naft Abadan 1-1 Esteghlal Khuzestan [WATCH goal & highlights]
Goals: 53′ Ezatollah Pourghaz (ESK), 82′ Mohammad Shadkam (SAN)
Bookings: 63′ Ezatollah Pourghaz (ESK), 86′ Ali Asghar Ashouri (ESK)
Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

Friday 16 September 2016

Persepolis Tehran 0-0 Esteghlal Tehran [WATCH goals & highlights]
Bookings: 12′ Omid Ebrahimi (EST), 21′ Ali Alipour (PER), 68′ Farshid Bagheri (EST), 77′ Kamal Kamyabinia (PER), 88′ Khosro Heydari (EST)
Referee: Alireza Faghani

Foolad Khuzestan 1-0 Padideh Mashhad [WATCH goals & highlights]
Goal: 28′ pen. Sasan Ansari (FKH)
Bookings: 43′ Mohammad Hossein Moradmand (PAD), 82′ Bahram Rashid Farrokhi (FKH), 83′ Abolhassan Jafari (PAD)
Referee: Mohammad Reza Faghani

STANDINGS

Club	Points	W	D	L	GF	GA
Tractorsazi Tabriz	12	3	3	0	9	4
Persepolis Tehran	12	3	3	0	4	1
Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Isfahan	10	3	1	2	6	4
Naft Tehran	9	2	3	1	8	5
Sanat Naft Abadan	9	2	3	1	5	4
FC Mashhad	9	2	3	1	7	7
Saipa Karaj	7	1	4	1	7	6
Esteghlal Khuzestan	7	1	4	1	8	9
Zob Ahan Isfahan	6	1	3	2	7	7
Foolad Khuzestan	6	1	3	2	6	8
Mashinsazi Tabriz	6	1	3	2	4	6
Padideh Mashhad	6	1	3	2	3	6
Saba Qom	5	0	5	1	5	6
Paykan Qods	5	0	5	1	4	6
Esteghlal Tehran	4	0	4	2	5	7
Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz	4	0	4	2	2	4

Top scorers

Mehdi Torabi (SAI)	4
Hassan Beit Saeid (ESK) Mohammad Ghazi (NAF) Mohammad Iranpourian (TRA) Iman Mob’Ali (NAF) Abdollah Nasseri (FKH) Rahim Zahivi (ESK)	3 3 3 (2 pen.) 3 3 3 (2 pen.)
Morteza Aghakhan (PAY) Vahid Amiri (PER) Farid Behzadi Karimi (SEP) Karim Eslami (SAB) Ahmad Hassanzadeh (SAB) Eder “Edinho” Luciano (TRA) Luciano “Chimba” Pereira (GOF) Payam Malekian (MAS) Saman Nariman Jahan (MTA) Mehdi Rajabzadeh (ZOB) Kaveh Rezaei (EST) Mohammad Shadkam (SAN)	2 2 2 (1 pen.) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
43 players	1

Top cards

Hamed Pakdel (MTA)	2 red card 2 yellow cards
Hamid Reza Divsalar (MTA)	1 red card 3 yellow cards
Alireza Naghizadeh (GOF)	1 red card 3 yellow cards
Mohsen Yousefi (PAD)	1 red card
Kakhaber Kakashvili (MTA)	3 yellow cards
Kamal Kamyabinia (PER)	3 yellow cards
Farshad Ahmadzadeh (PER)	2 yellow cards
Hossein Baghlani (SAN)	2 yellow cards
Mohammad Amin Darvishi (GOF)	2 yellow cards
Meysam Doraghi (ESK)	2 yellow cards
Karim Eslami (SAB)	2 yellow cards
Amin Ghasseminejad (MTA)	2 yellow cards
Abdollah Karami (FKH)	2 yellow cards
Luciano “Chimba” Pereira (GOF)	2 yellow cards
Hadi Mohammadi (TRA)	2 yellow cards
Mohammad Hossein Moradmand (PAD)	2 yellow cards
Siamak Nemati (PAY)	2 yellow cards
Alessandro Felipe Oltramari (SAI)	2 yellow cards
Milad Pakparvar (FKH)	2 yellow cards
Mahan Rahmani (PAY)	2 yellow cards
Reza Sharbati (MAS)	2 yellow cards
Andranik Teymourian (MTA)	2 yellow cards

FIXTURES WEEK 7

Tuesday 20 September 2016
Saba Qom – Saipa
Esteghlal Khuzestan – Paykan Qods
Tractorsazi Tabriz – FC Mashhad
Esteghlal Tehran – Zob Ahan Isfahan

Wednesday 21 September 2016
Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz – Foolad Khuzestan
Padideh Mashhad – Sanat Naft Abadan
Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Isfahan – Persepolis Tehran
Naft Tehran – Mashinsazi Tabriz