Daei salvages a point for Saba

IRNA - National skipper Ali Daei converted a penalty kick in the stoppage time to help Saba Battery hold Zob Ahan to a 1-1 draw in Shahid Derakhshan Stadium in Sabashahr, west of Tehran, Saturday.

The Isfahan-based visitor Zob Ahan took the lead after 74 minutes through Hassan Ashjari, but its opener was canceled out by Saba striker Daei one minute into additional time.

Saba lies in the third place of the fifth Iran Pro League table with 49 points out of 28 games and Zob Ahan is in the fifth spot on 44 points.

The remaining matches of the 28th week are held Sunday afternoon.

Esteqlal of Ahvaz hosts Persepolis in Olympic Stadium of the southern island of Kish, Saipa meets the home team Rah Ahan in a derby in Ekbatan Stadium of the capital, the relegation-zone Shamoushak travels to Mashhad to play Abu Moslem in Thamen ul-A'emmeh Stadium, and Malavan plays host to the bottom-placed Shahid Qandi in Takhti Stadium of the northern port of Bandar Anzali.