International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Khujand and Merw are looking forward to this AFC Cup fight to decide who advances from the Play-off Round.
Khujand and Merw should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Khujand form and stats
Last season, Khujand's AFC Cup journey ended in the zonal finals.When playing at home in the Vysshaya Liga, Khujand have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.
The Khujand crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Istiqlol Dushanbe here at Stadion 20-letie Nezavisimosti.
1-1 away at Regar-TadAZ before that.The Khujand fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Khujand have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Merw form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Alay in order to reach play-off round of AFC Cup. Last season their AFC Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The visitors are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ýokary Liga.
The club members enjoyed Merw's previous fixture versus Alay, a AFC Cup win (1-0) played at home.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Asgabat.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only zero days as another away game awaits: The Ýokary Liga trip to Köpetdag Aşgabat.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Khujand missing players
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| Khujand | Merw | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 10 | 31 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 32% | ||
| 1.7 | 1.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 0.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 114% | 267% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Istiqlol Dushanbe | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 34 | 39 |
| 2 | Ravshan | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Kuktosh | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Eskhata | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -4 | 26 |
| 5 | Fayzkand | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Khujand | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 22 |
| 7 | Khosilot Farkhor | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 8 | CSKA Pomir | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Regar-TadAZ | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -11 | 16 |
| 10 | Khatlon | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -22 | 16 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arkadag | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 31 | 33 |
| 2 | Altyn Asyr | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 23 |
| 3 | Balkan | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Köpetdag Aşgabat | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 17 |
| 5 | Asgabat | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 16 |
| 6 | Energetik | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 15 |
| 7 | Ahal | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 8 | Sagadam | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -14 | 8 |
| 9 | Merw | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 6 |
