It's game day two of the Ýokary Liga campaign and everything to play for. Don't miss our thorough preview of Altyn Asyr-Ahal!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Altyn Asyr form and stats
The previous season, Altyn Asyr's league stats were 23 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, leading to 1st place in the Ýokary Liga. Over these 28 matches they scored 79 goals and gave away 17. Appearing as the home team in the previous season Altyn Asyr produced 12-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 52 goals and 10 conceded.
Happy days for Altyn Asyr in their previous game, a Ýokary Liga match away at Aşgabat (placed 8th) that ended with a 3-1 victory.
Heartbreak before that as Altyn lost 0-2 at Nasaf's place.There will be little rest for Altyn after this match as they are travelling to Şagadam for a Ýokary Liga game in only three days.
Ahal form and stats
Let's have a look at how Ahal performed last season in the Ýokary Liga: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 1 and lost 3 with 30/18 goals scored/conceded. One match played away so far in the Ýokary Liga for Ahal and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 10 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses from 14 games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Köpetdag Aşgabat (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The Ýokary Liga match ended in a draw 1-1.
It was a AFC Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Nasaf wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.A new game in only three days for Ahal, the Ýokary Liga home match versus Energetik. Busy days.
1 goal so far away for Ahal, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Previous six meetings between these squads: Altyn won four, Ahal were winners in zero and we saw two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Altyn Asyr missing players
Ahal missing players
| Altyn Asyr | Ahal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Altyn Asyr | Last season | Ahal | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Won | W | 10 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 79 | 52 | Scored | S | 30 | 54 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 86% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 86% | ||
| 57% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 21% | ||
| 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 14% | ||
| 54% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 46% | ||
| 43% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 43% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 18% | ||
| 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 75% | 72% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 46% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Ahal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Köpetdag Aşgabat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Energetik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Merw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Nebitçi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Şagadam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Aşgabat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 79 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 62 | 73 |
| 2 | Ahal | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 25 | 55 |
| 3 | Şagadam | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 47 |
| 4 | Köpetdag Aşgabat | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 41 |
| 5 | Aşgabat | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 27 | -10 | 36 |
| 6 | Merw | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 28 |
| 7 | Nebitçi | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 30 | 60 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 38 | -30 | 24 |
| 8 | Energetik | 28 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 39 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 40 | -56 | 12 |