Esteghlal Stuns Sepahan at Iran Professional League
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Esteghlal of Tehran football team defeated Sepahan of Isfahan 3-0 in Week 10th of the Iran Professional League (IPL) on Monday.
In the match held in Isfahan's Fooladshahr Stadium, Farshid Esmaeili opened the scoring just six minutes into the match.
Jaber Ansari made it 2-0 for the visiting team and Behnam Barzai scored Esteghlal's third goal in the 77th minute.
Esteghlal stayed top of the IPL table with 21 points.
Furthermore, Persepolis beat Malavan 2-0 in Tehran's Azadi Stadium.
Ali Alipour scored for Persepolis in the 67th minute just a minute after coming off the bench.
Honduran striker Jerry Bengtson scored the second goal for Persepolis in the 75th minute.
Elsewhere, Esteghlal Khuzestan beat Esteghlal Ahvaz 4-0 in Ahwaz derby.
