National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Buxoro or Turan that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Buxoro nor Turan as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Buxoro form and stats
Buxoro was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Uzbekistan Cup.When playing at home in the Professional Football League, Buxoro have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 2 games.
Ismoilov was the last player to score a league goal for Buxoro and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Buxoro haven't scored in 369 minutes.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw against Turan in the Uzbekistan Cup last time out and are looking for a victory here.
Before that game, the home loss against Bunyodkor with the scoreline 0-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Buxoro perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Buxoro as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Buxoro has won 1 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.
Early season league goal statistics from Buxoro's 2 home games: {0 goals}, 3 conceded.
Turan form and stats
Last season their Uzbekistan Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.Still no away game victory in the Professional Football League for Turan with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Turan are looking to quickly end their 231 minutes long goal drought in the Professional Football League.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Buxoro in their previous outing. The Uzbekistan Cup duel ended 1-1.
The game before that, in the Professional Football League, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against FK Olympic.{1 goals} so far away for Turan, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Buxoro have not lost in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) against Turan.Here's the end result when the sides played each other earlier this season; Buxoro - Turan 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Iminov 1 goals | T. Ismoilov 1 goals |
Buxoro missing players
Turan missing players
| Buxoro | Turan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 37 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 28 | 8 | Conceded | C | 18 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.3 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 2 | ||
| 25% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 33% | ||
| 5.8 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2.7 | 6.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Neftchi | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Bunyodkor | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | AMGK | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Nasaf | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Navbahor | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 6 | Pakhtakor | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Termez Surkhon | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | FK Olympic | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Andijan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Qizilqum | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 11 | Metalourg | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 12 | Buxoro | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 13 | Turan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 14 | Sogdiana | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 2 |
