In the match held in Isfahan's Fooladshahr Stadium, Farshid Esmaeili opened the scoring just six minutes into the match.

Jaber Ansari made it 2-0 for the visiting team and Behnam Barzai scored Esteghlal's third goal in the 77th minute.

Esteghlal stayed top of the IPL table with 21 points.

Furthermore, Persepolis beat Malavan 2-0 in Tehran's Azadi Stadium.

Ali Alipour scored for Persepolis in the 67th minute just a minute after coming off the bench.

Honduran striker Jerry Bengtson scored the second goal for Persepolis in the 75th minute.

Elsewhere, Esteghlal Khuzestan beat Esteghlal Ahvaz 4-0 in Ahwaz derby.