Jan 23, 2026, 6:59 PM

Persepolis beat Sepahan to climb to top of 2025/26 PGPL

Persepolis beat Sepahan to climb to top of 2025/26 PGPL

TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) – Persepolis football team defeated Sepahan 2-1 in matchweek 17 of Iran’s Persian Gulf Pro League (PGPL) on Friday to move up to the top of the table.

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

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