Professional Football League: High-level vs modest, at least based on the points won so far. Neftchi - Metalourg. Home victory or a surprise?
- Neftchi have not yet lost a game.
- Metalourg have the most conceded goals (23) in Professional Football League
Neftchi form and stats
Neftchi are steadily winning Professional Football League games and points here at Stadion Istiqlol. 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
Neftchi's last game was hosting Nasaf (placed 4th) and winning 2-1. Finally, a league win after three games without.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Navbahor that ended 0-0.The Neftchi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. From these home matches, Neftchi have conceded only 5 goals.
Metalourg form and stats
Metalourg have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Professional Football League, after 1-1-4 (6 played).
There were no winners in Metalourg's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Turan (placed 14th).
Preceding that game was the away victory against FK Olympic with the score of 2-1.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Metalourg as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. Metalourg have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The participants have faced each other before in this season, with the result Metalourg - Neftchi 0-3 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between these sides: Neftchi won three, Metalourg were winners in six and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Tabatadze 6 goals | U. Khoshimov 3 goals |  Z. Urinboev 3 goals |
Neftchi missing players
Metalourg missing players
| Neftchi | Metalourg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 54% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 54% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 38% |
| 4 | 5.2 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7.5 | 9.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7 | 8.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| 43% | 35% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 22% |
| 7.4 | 7.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.2 | 8.1 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
- Metalourg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Metalourg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Metalourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Metalourg have the most conceded goals (23) in Professional Football League
- Metalourg have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Professional Football League
- Metalourg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Neftchi have not yet lost a game.
- Neftchi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Neftchi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Navbahor | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Pakhtakor | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 28 |
| 3 | Neftchi | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Nasaf | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | AMGK | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Andijan | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Termez Surkhon | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Bunyodkor | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | FK Olympic | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Sogdiana | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Metalourg | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -12 | 12 |
| 12 | Qizilqum | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | -11 | 10 |
| 13 | Buxoro | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 7 |
| 14 | Turan | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
