The Saba Sentinel
Squad26 Oct 2026
Milad Jahanbakhsh is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.48 with 42 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Match24 Oct 2026
No clean sheets in sight for Saba
13 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Sardar Karimi runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 34. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market26 Oct 2026
Saman Jahanbakhsh puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Saba, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match24 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Saba's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Saba has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at Saba training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Masoud Khodadad is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Match A bad afternoon for Saba against Zob Ahan
- Squad Masoud Khodadad gets it from the manager
- Squad Saba pick somebody else ahead of Alireza Pouraliganji
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Saman Yazdani