Khujand vs Istiqlol Dushanbe: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Tajikistan Vysshaya Liga
Competition: Thu 17.Aug
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion 20-letie Nezavisimosti (35000 seats)

This looks to be an interesting game as Khujand have their presumed home advantage, while Istiqlol Dushanbe are in front by 14 points in the Vysshaya Liga standings.

Insights:
  • Khujand have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Istiqlol Dushanbe have the most scored goals (40) in Vysshaya Liga

It's no vacation for neither Khujand nor Istiqlol Dushanbe 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.

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Khujand form and stats

3 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Khujand have to build on here at Stadion 20-letie Nezavisimosti in the Vysshaya Liga. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadion 20-letie Nezavisimosti.

The home team returns to Stadion 20-letie Nezavisimosti after drawing with Regar-TadAZ (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.

Before that, Khujand had a home game versus Eskhata which ended with a victory 4-3.

Not much happening? In this club's last 12 league matches, 9 have had two goals or less.

Khujand are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Istiqlol Dushanbe form and stats

Istiqlol Dushanbe's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Istiqlol Dushanbe collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the Vysshaya Liga. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Two away matches in a row for Istiqlol, whose manager Levchenko could celebrate last time after the win against Fayzkand.

Before that, Istiqlol Dushanbe secured a home win against Regar-TadAZ with the score 5-0.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this side's 10 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.

Istiqlol Dushanbe are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Istiqlol Dushanbe are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Istiqlol Dushanbe have won or drawn the last 11 fixtures (8-3-0) versus Khujand.

Istiqlol Dushanbe - Khujand 4-0 was the score in these participants' latest head-to-head game, played this season.

Khujand missing players

Istiqlol Dushanbe missing players

Khujand Istiqlol Dushanbe
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 7 16
5 3 0 Won W 2 4 11
7 3 1 Drew D 0 2 3
5 2 1 Lost L 0 1 2
18 11 1 Scored S 5 11 40
24 11 2 Conceded C 1 5 8
94% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
76% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 81%
35% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 62%
24% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 38%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
53% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 38%
24% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 56%
29% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 12%
 
1 0.6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 2 2.4
0.8 0.4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 1.1 1.4
0.2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.4 0.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
1.6 0.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 5 3.7 7.4
0.6 0.1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 1.7 4.2
164% 1100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 92% 60%
 
1.7 0.6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 2.5 2.1 2.9
1.1 0.4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 0.7 1.2
Key stats in Vysshaya Liga this season:
  • Istiqlol Dushanbe have created more than twice as many corners as Khujand.
  • Istiqlol Dushanbe have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Istiqlol Dushanbe have scored more than double the goals of Khujand.
  • Istiqlol Dushanbe have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Istiqlol Dushanbe have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Istiqlol Dushanbe have the most scored goals (40) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Istiqlol Dushanbe have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Istiqlol Dushanbe have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Istiqlol Dushanbe have the the best goal difference (+32) in Vysshaya Liga
  • Istiqlol Dushanbe have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Vysshaya Liga
  • Istiqlol Dushanbe have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Istiqlol Dushanbe haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Khujand have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Khujand have won significantly less 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 Istiqlol Dushanbe 16 11 3 2 40 8 9 7 1 1 29 3 7 4 2 1 11 5 32 36
2 Kuktosh 17 9 2 6 30 23 8 4 2 2 14 8 9 5 0 4 16 15 7 29
3 Ravshan 17 7 7 3 21 13 9 5 2 2 14 8 8 2 5 1 7 5 8 28
4 Eskhata 17 8 1 8 21 25 9 4 1 4 10 13 8 4 0 4 11 12 -4 25
5 Fayzkand 17 6 6 5 24 22 8 5 2 1 15 6 9 1 4 4 9 16 2 24
6 Khujand 17 5 7 5 18 24 8 3 3 2 11 11 9 2 4 3 7 13 -6 22
7 Khosilot Farkhor 17 5 4 8 14 20 9 4 2 3 9 8 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 19
8 CSKA Pomir 16 4 6 6 11 11 7 1 4 2 3 4 9 3 2 4 8 7 0 18
9 Regar-TadAZ 17 3 6 8 16 27 9 2 4 3 9 7 8 1 2 5 7 20 -11 15
10 Khatlon 17 5 0 12 10 32 8 3 0 5 7 16 9 2 0 7 3 16 -22 15