Esteghlal draw versus struggling Havadar at Iran’s league

Just after four minutes, Ramin Rezaeian gave the hosts a lead in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium but Dariush Shojaeian leveled the score two minutes later, Vatan News reported.

Mohammadhossein Sadeghi scored Havadar’s second goal in the 28th minute but the they failed to keep their advantage and Kasra Rahmati scored an own goal six minutes into the second half.

Havadar were almost relegated from 2024/25 PGPL and Esteghlal are 11th in the 16-team table.

MNA