Young Journalists Club; Maryam Tayefeh - The file of the tenth-week matches of the football Premier League will be closed with the holding of 5 matches today, and in the most sensitivematches, the Persepolis football team faces Fooladand the Sepahan team also hosts Mes Shahr-e Babak.
Paykan - Malavan / Sunday at 16:00
The Paykan and Malavan football teams face each other in circumstances wherethey are neighbors in the standings table. The Automakers, with 9 points, stand in twelfth placeand on the other side, the Anzali playersare in thirteenth place with 8 points.
Paykan lost to Fajr Shahid Sepasi last week, and this team has gained only one point in its last 3 matches.
Saket Elhami's students seek to win the home match against Malavan to compensate for last week's loss and improve their position in the standings.
After Paykan's loss to Fajr, rumors arose about the possible departure of Saket Elhami, but Iman Alami, Paykan's coach, called this a baseless rumor.
On the other side, Malavan's match last week was not held because Tractor left the field, and this northern team stands in thirteenth place with one match fewer.
The white swans of Anzali wantto put the controversial match with Tractor behind them and go today to win against the Automakers.
The last match of the 2 teams was held on November 28, 2025, in which Paykan, under Saeid Daghighi, managed to defeat Malavan.
Persepolis – Foolad / Sunday at 16:45
Both teams face each other in circumstances where in recent weeksthey have gained brilliant results and intend to continue their upward trend in today's match too.
The Persepolis football team won against Mes Shahr-e Babak last week and, with one match fewer and 20 points gained, is at the top of the football Premier League table.
With Esteghlal's draw against Chadormalu, the capital's Reds have this opportunity to, by beating Foolad, widen their points gap with the Esteghlal and Tractor teams at the top of the table and make a great escape.
Mehdi Tartar's students, with the support of their passionate fans, seek the 3 points of the home match to cement their lead at the top of the standings.
On the other side, the Foolad Khuzestan team has had a brilliant performance in recent weeks and, with 3 wins and one draw from its last 4 matches and gaining 16 points, is in fifth place in the standings.
Hamid Motahari's students intend, by beating Persepolis, to continue their upward trend and be in the championship contenders' race, but they have a hard task in front of the Reds' fans.
Oston O'runov and Hossein Abarghoueinezhad are unable to accompany the Reds in today's match due to injury. On the other side, Foolad Khuzestan is also facing a legion of injured players, and players such as Ramin Rezaeian, Amir Hossein Joulani, Mohammad Qoreishi, Milad Sarlak and Mehrdad Mohammadi cannot accompany this Ahvazi team in today's match.
Accordingly, the absence of main players has become Motahari's main concern, and this coach has a hard task for choosing the main lineup and his tactical plans. Hamid Motahari, the Foolad head coach, was in the past an assistant to Gol Mohammadi at Persepolis and has good knowledge of his former team, and this makes the task difficult for the capital's Reds.
These 2 teams have so far faced each other 65 times, of which 33 wins belong to Persepolis, 15 wins to Foolad, and 17 matches have ended in a draw.
The two teams' last match was on January 28 last year, in which Foolad Khuzestan, coached by Hamid Motahari, defeated Persepolis 3-1. At that time, Osmar Vieira the Brazilian was in charge of the Reds.
Hamed Lak, Farshad Ahmadzadeh, Milad Sarlak, Ramin Rezaeian and Vahid Amiri are the special faces of this match, who will play today against their former team Persepolis. Of course, Rezaeian and Sarlak, due to injury, cannot play against their former team Persepolis.
The duel of Mehdi Tartar and Hamid Motahari, the Persepolisi coaches, will be attractive and spectacular in this match.
Sepahan - Mes Shahr-e Babak / Sunday at 16:45
The Sepahan football team, after 3 consecutive wins, was stopped last week against Shams Azar in Qazvin and, with 17 points, is in fourth place in the standings.
Moharram Navidkia's students want, with the support of Isfahani fans, to gain the 3 points of the home match against Mes Shahr-e Babak so as not to fall behind in the championship contenders' race.
Aria Yousefi, due to being sent off in last week's match, cannot accompany the Sepahan team in today's match.
On the other side, Mes Shahr-e Babak, which came to the football Premier League this year, lost to Persepolis last week and, with 5 points, is at the bottom of the standings.
The Mes Shahr-e Babak team has so far not tasted victory in the Premier League and is considered the only winless team in the standings.
Ghasem Shahba's students go to face the Sepahan team with the aim of not losing so that they gain at least one point in Isfahan and remain hopeful for the upcoming matches.
The Mes Shahr-e Babak team, with 15 goals conceded, has one of the weakest defensive lines in the league. Accordingly, it seems the Sepahanis have an easy task to win this match.
Nassaji Mazandaran - Fajr Shahid Sepasi / Sunday at 16:45
The Nassaji team, under the guidance of its new head coach, Saeid Daghighi, is in eleventh place in the standings with 2 consecutive draws and 10 points.
Saeid Daghighi's students seek to win the home match against Fajr Shahid Sepasi in order to cut their streak of consecutive draws and reach their third win.
On the other side, the Fajr Shahid Sepasi team, under its new head coach Mehdi Rajabzadeh, has achieved 2 consecutive wins in the football Premier League and, with 13 points, stands in ninth place in the standings .
In any case, the head-coach change has created a positive shock in the Fajr Shahid Sepasi team. This Shirazi team wants to continue its upward trend by beating Nassaji, but has a hard task in front of Nassaji's fans.
It is said that Alireza Beiranvand has joined Fajr Shahid Sepasi to perform his military service. Of course, this goalkeeper, due to the closure of the transfer window until mid-season, cannot play for this Shirazi team.
Fajr Shahid Sepasi seeks a hat-trick of wins in this encounter, and Nassaji also wants to gain the first win with Saeid Daghighi in front of its enthusiastic fans.
Esteghlal Khuzestan - Shams Azar Qazvin / Sunday at 17:00
Both teams face each other while they are at the bottom of the standings and are among the league's lantern-bearing teams, and this match counts as a six-pointer for them.
Esteghlal Khuzestan lost to Kheybar Khorramabad last week and, with 6 points, stands in seventeenth place in the standings.
The Ahvazi Blues, with the support of their warm-hearted fans, want to prevail over the Shams Azar team in order to compensate for last week's defeat and, moreover, to escape the bottom of the table.
On the other side, Shams Azar Qazvin was able last week to stop Sepahan and take one point from this Isfahani team, and with 7 points, stands in fifteenth place in the standings.
In any case, both bottom-table teams have an urgent need for the 3 points of today's match in order to escape the end of the table, and it remains to be seen which one becomes the winner of today's match.
