{"id":27023,"date":"2017-01-23T17:54:39","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T01:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=27023"},"modified":"2017-01-23T17:59:22","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T01:59:22","slug":"ipl-persepolis-edge-gostaresh-esteghlal-khuzestan-held-by-sepahan-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2017\/01\/23\/ipl-persepolis-edge-gostaresh-esteghlal-khuzestan-held-by-sepahan-video\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL: Persepolis edge Gostaresh, Esteghlal Khuzestan held by Sepahan [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; TEHRAN, <strong>Persepolis restored their four-point lead at the top of the Iran Professional League (IPL) after edging past Gostaresh Foolad 1-0 in front of more than 25000 fans at Tehran\u2019s Azadi stadium on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mehdi Taremi was on target for Persepolis in the 76th minute with a massive shot from inside the penalty box.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in Ahvaz, IPL reigning champions Esteghlal Khuzestan were held to a 1-1 draw against Sepahan.<\/p>\n<p>Masoud Hassanzadeh scored for Sepahan in the 25th minute from the penalty spot but Esteghlal Khuzestan\u2019s new signing Aloys Nong scored the equaliser just before the half time.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts could have completed their come back in the 80th minute when the referee awarded them a penalty but Mehdi Momeni missed it as the game finished in a draw.<\/p>\n<p>In Isfahan, Zob Ahan beat Foolad 1-0 thanks to a first half goal by Mohammadreza Hosseini. They are now in the third place, five points behind second spot Tractor Sazi.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Padideh and Naft played out a goalless draw and Saipa defeated Siah Jamegan.<\/p>\n<p>Persepolis are currently at the top with 41 points followed by their main title rivals Tractor Sazi with 37 points. Zob Ahan, Esteghlal and Sepahan are three to fifth respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Persepolis 1:0 Gostaresh Foolad:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5RmLeyhOiFg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5RmLeyhOiFg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Esteghlal Khuzestan 1:1 Sepahan:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7bieCOU-fkg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7bieCOU-fkg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zob Ahan 1:0 Foolad:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wWjLYyZzFXg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wWjLYyZzFXg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saipa 0:0 FC Mashhad:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BfxBjYdAgrw\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BfxBjYdAgrw<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; TEHRAN, Persepolis restored their four-point lead at the top of the Iran&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":27028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-iran-first-division"],"views":2534,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}