Metalourg vs Neftchi match preview: Even contest expected at Metallurg Markaziy Stadion

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Competition: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Competition: Fri 03.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Metallurg Markaziy Stadion (11000 seats)

This fixture was marked in the calendar a long time ago by club members of both teams, as it's the first Professional Football League match of the season. Both Metalourg and Neftchi are looking for a positive start to their league adventure.

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Metalourg form and stats

Last season, Metalourg's league stats were 8 wins, 8 draws and 10 losses, leading to 10th place in the Professional Football League. Over these 26 matches they scored {19 goals} and conceded 27. Appearing as the home team in the last season Metalourg produced 4-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with {9 goals} and 11 conceded.

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Neftchi form and stats

Let's have a look at how Neftchi performed last season in the Professional Football League: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 8 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded {32 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 6 and lost 4 with 13/16 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Neftchi as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Neftchi have played seven with the results W4-D2-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Neftchi has scored {10 goals} and conceded 6 times.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Metalourg wins - draws - Neftchi wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Metalourg missing players

Neftchi missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Metalourg Neftchi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Metalourg Last season Neftchi
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 26
8 4   Won W   3 8
8 5   Drew D   6 8
10 4   Lost L   4 10
19 9   Scored S   13 31
27 11   Conceded C   16 32
85% 77%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 88%
58% 54%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 69%
31% 23%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 50%
4% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 23%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
42% 38%   BTTS BTTS   54% 54%
35% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 27%
38% 46%   Failed to Score F T   38% 31%
 
4.8 6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 3.5
3.9 2.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.3
2.6 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.8
2 0   Red cards R C   3 5
 
10.1 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   10 10.5
4.6 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4
16% 15%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 28%
 
8.7 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   11.8 10.6
3.5 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AMGK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Andijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bunyodkor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Buxoro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FK Olympic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Metalourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Nasaf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Navbahor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Neftchi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Pakhtakor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Qizilqum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sogdiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Termez Surkhon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Turan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pakhtakor 26 15 9 2 47 18 13 8 3 2 27 12 13 7 6 0 20 6 29 54
2 Navbahor 26 15 8 3 33 15 13 7 5 1 17 6 13 8 3 2 16 9 18 53
3 Nasaf 26 13 10 3 37 16 13 4 7 2 15 8 13 9 3 1 22 8 21 49
4 AMGK 26 13 5 8 44 23 13 7 2 4 28 12 13 6 3 4 16 11 21 44
5 Qizilqum 26 12 3 11 34 36 13 7 1 5 22 16 13 5 2 6 12 20 -2 39
6 FK Olympic 26 7 14 5 31 28 13 4 7 2 12 11 13 3 7 3 19 17 3 35
7 Sogdiana 26 9 7 10 31 31 13 4 5 4 14 13 13 5 2 6 17 18 0 34
8 Bunyodkor 26 9 7 10 29 37 13 4 3 6 14 22 13 5 4 4 15 15 -8 34
9 Surkhon 12 3 4 5 0 0 6 2 1 3 0 0 6 1 3 2 0 0 0 13
9 Neftchi 26 8 8 10 31 32 13 5 2 6 18 16 13 3 6 4 13 16 -1 32
10 Metalourg 26 8 8 10 19 27 13 4 5 4 9 11 13 4 3 6 10 16 -8 32
11 Termez Surkhon 26 7 5 14 25 44 13 4 2 7 14 24 13 3 3 7 11 20 -19 26
12 Lokomotiv 26 6 6 14 22 36 13 4 2 7 12 16 13 2 4 7 10 20 -14 24
13 Kokand-1912 26 4 10 12 21 38 13 3 6 4 13 15 13 1 4 8 8 23 -17 22
14 Dinamo Samarqand 26 3 6 17 24 47 13 2 3 8 11 20 13 1 3 9 13 27 -23 15

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AMGK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Andijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bunyodkor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Buxoro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FK Olympic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Metalourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Nasaf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Navbahor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Neftchi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Pakhtakor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Qizilqum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sogdiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Termez Surkhon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Turan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The Uzbekistan Super League is the highest level of football in Uzbekistan and was founded in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The season generally runs from March to November and has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures to decide the champion of the league table.