According to the reporter of Mehr, the 102nd derby of the capital ended with a 1-1 draw, so that Esteghlal and Persepolis settled for one point in an eventful match.
In this game, the capital Redheads tried to have an aggressive start. Mehdi Torabi and Saeed Sadeghi were added to the Esteghlal penalty area more often than in the past as Shahab Zahedi’s wings.
However, they didn’t stop the combination passing in the middle of the field with three central midfielders. Milad Sarlek, Masoud Rigi and Soroush Rafiei tried to create space with their passes, which resulted in nearly 62% possession.
The capital’s Reds broke the exceptional record of healthy passes and with 88.6 percent of the correct ball transfer out of 484 passes, they were able to stay in the opponent’s half of Esteghlal for most of the game.
The statistics of “Metrica” website show that despite exchanging only 284 passes, Esteghlal had 70% accuracy, but they had more goals than Persepolis.
The two teams had relatively close statistics in individual battles. Esteghlal 51% and Persepolis 49% of these battles for themselves to finally draw 1-1 despite VAR and related events.