Persepolis FC 4–1 Esteghlal Khuzestan

Persian Gulf Pro League 2026/27 Matchweek 2 · 19 Aug 2026

Persepolis FC vs Esteghlal Khuzestan in the Persian Gulf Pro League 2026/27.

At Azadi Stadium, Tehran.

Persepolis FC beat Esteghlal Khuzestan 4–1. M. Khodabandelou opened the scoring for Persepolis FC after 6 minutes. A. Alipour made it 2–0 after 20 minutes, and that was the winner.

What the result changed

Persepolis FC went into the match 5th and came out of it 1st, on 6 points.

Places from the table below, worked out from the results played before and after this match.

Goalscorers

Persepolis FC: M. Khodabandelou 6', A. Alipour 20', I. Sergeev 47', P. Shahrabadi 90+3'
Esteghlal Khuzestan: P. Niazmand 65' (og)

Persepolis FC starting lineup

Esteghlal Khuzestan starting lineup

Match events

6′ Persepolis FC: Normal Goal, M. Khodabandelou, A. Alipour
20′ Persepolis FC: Normal Goal, A. Alipour, E. Majid
28′ Persepolis FC: Substitution, A. Homaeifard, A. Jalali
46′ Persepolis FC: Substitution, T. Bifouma, M. Omri
46′ Esteghlal Khuzestan: Substitution, J. Zergani, S. Simanpour
46′ Esteghlal Khuzestan: Substitution, M. Mehdizadeh, S. M. Ahle
47′ Persepolis FC: Normal Goal, I. Sergeev, A. Alipour
63′ Persepolis FC: Substitution, P. Shahrabadi, A. Alipour
63′ Persepolis FC: Substitution, O. Urunov, I. Sergeev
65′ Esteghlal Khuzestan: Own Goal, P. Niazmand
72′ Esteghlal Khuzestan: Substitution, A. Savaed, M. Mousavi
88′ Esteghlal Khuzestan: Substitution, W. Saki, M. Ahmadi
89′ Persepolis FC: Substitution, M. Bakic, M. Khodabandelou
90′ Persepolis FC: Normal Goal, P. Shahrabadi, T. Bifouma
90+7′ Persepolis FC: Yellow Card, T. Bifouma

The table as it stood on 19 Aug 2026

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Persepolis FC	2	+5	6
2	Esteghlal FC	2	+5	6
3	Tractor Sazi	2	+4	6
4	Aluminium Arak	2	+2	4
5	Malavan	2	+1	4
6	Gol Gohar	2	+1	4
7	Sepahan FC	2	0	3
8	Kheybar Khorramabad	2	0	2
9	Fajr Sepasi	2	0	2
10	Sanat Naft	2	0	2
11	Foolad FC	1	0	1
12	ZOB Ahan	2	-1	1
13	Chadormalu SC	2	-2	1
14	Paykan	2	-2	1
15	Mes Shahr-e Babak	2	-4	1
16	Nassaji Mazandaran	2	-2	0
17	Shams Azar Qazvin	1	-2	0
18	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2	-5	0

Worked out from the results played by then, ordered by points, then goal difference, then goals scored. Where clubs are level on all three, the order between them is ours and not the competition's.

Persepolis FC before this match

at Shams Azar Qazvin 2–0 (Shams Azar Qazvin) · Matchweek 1, 15 Aug 2026

Esteghlal Khuzestan before this match

vs Aluminium Arak 0–2 (Aluminium Arak) · Matchweek 1, 14 Aug 2026