Professional Football League: Top level against subpar, at least that's what the standings say. Neftchi - Buxoro. Home win or a surprise?
- Neftchi have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Professional Football League
- Buxoro have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Professional Football League
Buxoro have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Neftchi form and stats
4 victories, 5 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Neftchi have to build on here at Stadion Istiqlol in the Professional Football League. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Neftchi.
The home club members saw a 0-0 draw versus Andijan last time out and are looking for a victory here.
1-1 away at AMGK before that.Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 10 league games, 9 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
Neftchi have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Buxoro form and stats
Buxoro have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Professional Football League, after 2-0-7 (9 played).
Two away matches in a row for Buxoro, whose manager Bakaev could celebrate last time after the win against Bunyodkor. Norkhonov came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Bunyodkor last time out, making the manager Bakaev feel like a tactical genius.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Termez Surkhon.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Buxoro played away with similar odds. This revealed 8 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 2 were draws and the home team won as expected 6 times.
Lacking goals? 13 of this team's latest 17 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.
The attacking power of Buxoro when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. 12 goals have been conceded by Buxoro in these games.
Head 2 Head
Neftchi have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when facing Buxoro.It's not the first time these teams get together this season, as the history books show this recent match: Buxoro - Neftchi 2-2.
Top Goalscorers
  U. Khoshimov 3 goals |  D. Turopov 3 goals | U. Adhamzoda 2 goals |
Neftchi missing players
Buxoro missing players
| Neftchi | Buxoro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 23 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 78% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 61% | 44% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 44% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 44% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 56% | 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 56% |
| 4.4 | 5.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 3.6 | 3.1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 10.3 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.2 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 35% | 24% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 24% |
| 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 9 | 7.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
- Buxoro have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Buxoro have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Buxoro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Buxoro have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Professional Football League
- Buxoro have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Professional Football League
- Buxoro have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Buxoro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Neftchi have not yet lost a game.
- Neftchi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Neftchi have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Professional Football League
- Neftchi have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Professional Football League
- Neftchi is in the best form (3-3-0) in Professional Football League
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 42 |
| 2 | Navbahor | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 34 |
| 3 | Neftchi | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Nasaf | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 33 |
| 5 | AMGK | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 29 |
| 6 | Andijan | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 28 |
| 7 | Termez Surkhon | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | Bunyodkor | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Sogdiana | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | Metalourg | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 22 |
| 11 | FK Olympic | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Buxoro | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 14 |
| 13 | Qizilqum | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -15 | 14 |
| 14 | Turan | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 12 |
