Oston Urunov opened the scoring for the hosts in the 53rd minute, and Ivan Sergeev made it 2-0 in the 72nd minute. Ricardo Alves pulled a goal back in stoppage time, accoridng to Tehran Times.
Later in the day, Esteghlal and Zob Ahan played to a goalless draw in Isfahan. Gol Gohar defeated Fajr Sepasi 2-0, Esteghlal Khuzestan were held to a goalless draw by Paykan, and Chadormalou and Shams Azar Tabriz shared the points in a 0-0 draw.
Persepolis moved top on 31 points, by virtue of a better goal difference than Sepahan. Tractor are third with 29 points.
MNA
