National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dinamo Samarqand or Pakhtakor that keep their silverware dream alive.
Pakhtakor could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Professional Football League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at FK Olympic. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Dinamo Samarqand form and stats
Dinamo Samarqand was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Uzbekistan Cup.When playing at home in the Pro League A, Dinamo Samarqand have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.
Samarqand's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Andijan II. The home side are looking to build on that result. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Dinamo Samarqand played a great game against Andijan II and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
In the match before that, Dinamo Samarqand hosted Shortan and drew the Pro League A game 1-1.The Samarqand manager Abramov has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. Dinamo Samarqand have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Pakhtakor form and stats
Pakhtakor's mission in Uzbekistan Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Pakhtakor so far, with 5-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Professional Football League statistics.
Two travels in a row for Pakhtakor, whose coach Shatskikh could celebrate last time after the win against FK Olympic.
A draw for Pakhtakor before that, at their own venue hosting Andijan (1-1).After this away game Pakhtakor return home for a Professional Football League game against Neftchi. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Pakhtakor's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Pakhtakor have been victorious in every one of the 4 most recent duels versus this opponent. Will the streak continue?Top Goalscorers
  D. Ćeran 10 goals | A. Turgunboev 3 goals |  K. Alidjanov 2 goals |
Dinamo Samarqand missing players
Pakhtakor missing players
| Dinamo Samarqand | Pakhtakor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 21 | 51 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 11.1 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5 | ||
| 123% | 164% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 41% | ||
| 5.5 | 4.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 7.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lokomotiv | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 18 | 26 |
| 2 | Dinamo Samarqand | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 22 |
| 3 | Kokand-1912 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Mash'al | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Shortan | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Unired | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 7 | Navbahor II | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 8 | Xorazm | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | G'ijduvon | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 17 | -12 | 9 |
| 10 | Andijan II | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -15 | 9 |
| 11 | Aral | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Navbahor | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| 3 | Neftchi | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Nasaf | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 |
| 5 | AMGK | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Andijan | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| 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 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 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 | Turan | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 14 | Buxoro | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 7 |
