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IRNA - SAIPA handed Esteqlal of Tehran a bitter defeat here on Sunday. 
Playing a match of the 22nd week of Iran Pro League (IPL) on the uneven pitch of Takhti Stadium, SAIPA struck three to beat the blues 3-1. 
The first half ended in a goalless draw but Mohammad Soltani, Hossein Kazemi, and Ebrahim Farsi scored in the 51st, 80th, and 87th minutes for SAIPA respectively. 
Esteqlal's consolation goal came in the second minute of the injury time as right winger Mohammad Navazi converted a penalty. 
In the first leg, SAIPA overcame Esteqlal 2-1. Out of 22 matches, Esteqlal has collected 29 points standing in the seventh place and SAIPA is in the eighth place with 29 points of the same games. 

*IPL leader Sepahan crushes Zob Ahan

Iran Pro League (IPL) leader Sepahan gave Zob Ahan a bitter pill to swallow in the 22th week of IPL here on Sunday. 
The yellow-clad Sepahan routed Zob 4-0 as striker Edmond Bezik grabbed his double in the 18th and 65th minutes, Mahmoud Karimi netted three minutes after the break, and Moharram Navidkia scored from the penalty spot in the 53rd minute. 
Assisted by his linesmen Masoud Fallah and Sohrab Saei, referee Fereydoun Esfahanian judged the derby. 
In another match, the resurgent Barq of Shiraz fought back to thrash Foulad of Khuzestan 5-2. 
Ali-Akbar Mehdipour put Khuzestan ahead in the 26th minute and Saeid Mohammad Alavi made it 2-0 seven minutes later. 
Barq's Sattar Zare' minimized the gap as he fired home in the 36th minute. The match was leveled in the 53rd minute when Mohammad Motavvari grabbed the equalizer. 
Mohammad Aqa-Mohammadi took the lead for Barq on 74 minutes and Mohammad Mansouri stunned the Khuzestani camp as he found the net in the 81st minute. 
Motavvari completed the Foulad rout as he converted a penalty in the last minute. 
Ref Masoud Moradi and linesmen Gholamreza Soleimani and Hamid Sabet judged the match in an empty stadium. 
On Sunday, other teams clashed. 
Fajr-e Sepassi beat Abu Moslem 1-0. Siavash Akbarpour scored the sole goal of the match in the 89th minute. 
Mohammad Rafiei refereed the derby. 
Malavan defeated Paykan by the goal of Reza Safarkhah in the 64th minute. 
Paykan's Nasser Shirdel was sent off in the 65th minute by referee Mohsen Qahremani. 
Pas and Esteqlal of Ahvaz tied 2-2. 
Ali Bayatinia of Pas opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Esteqlal's Afshin Komaei leveled the match 10 minutes later but this was Kianoush Rahmati, who put Pas ahead again in the 50th minute. 
Davoud Haqi extracted one point for Pas in the 70th minute when he scored the equalizer. 

The IPL table comes below: 
Team p w d l gf ga pts 
1- Sepahan 22 15 3 4 43 21 48 
2- Persepolis 20 9 9 2 21 13 36 
3- Fajr-e Sepassi 22 9 8 5 24 18 35 
4- Pas 22 9 6 7 26 19 33 
5- Paykan 22 8 7 7 21 18 31 
6- Foulad 22 8 7 7 30 30 31 
7- Esteqlal (Tehran) 22 7 8 7 27 25 29 
8- SAIPA 22 7 8 7 22 23 29 
9- Barq 22 7 5 10 23 31 26 
10- Zob Ahan 21 7 4 10 16 19 25 
11- Malavan 22 5 7 10 12 28 22 
12- San'at Naft 21 5 6 10 17 25 21 
13- Esteqlal (Ahvaz) 22 4 9 9 18 25 21 
14- Abu Moslem 22 3 11 8 15 21 20 
Persepolis visits San'at Naft in Takhti Stadium of Abadan on 
Monday afternoon. 

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