International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Ravshan and Merw are looking forward to this AFC Cup fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
This should be an engrossing fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Ravshan form and stats
When playing at home in the Vysshaya Liga, Ravshan have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.
The Ravshan goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the Vysshaya Liga.
Happy days for Ravshan in their previous game, a fixture away at Kuktosh that ended with a 2-0 victory.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against CSKA Pomir.The Ravshan fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. Ravshan have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Merw form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Merw so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).
Merw go into this game after a win, the home game against Sagadam that ended 2-0.
Prior to that result Merw won their away game at Energetik in the Ýokary Liga. The scoreline was 2-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Balkan in just one day.
As for defending, Merw rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 10 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Ravshan missing players
Merw missing players
| Ravshan | Merw | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 32 | 21 | Scored | S | 13 | 36 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Conceded | C | 18 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 0.6 | 0.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 56% | 89% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 3.3 | 1.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.6 | 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 | Altyn Asyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Abdish-Ata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Ravshan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Merw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 34 | 40 |
| 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 | CSKA Pomir | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Khosilot Farkhor | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 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 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 30 | 36 |
| 2 | Altyn Asyr | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 32 |
| 3 | Balkan | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 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 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -16 | 17 |
| 6 | Ahal | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 7 | Energetik | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -13 | 15 |
| 8 | Merw | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | Sagadam | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -17 | 9 |