With the nervous opening fixture out of the way it’s time for the second Ýokary Liga clash of the season. Aşgabat look forward to welcoming Merw in front of their home following.
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!
Aşgabat form and stats
In the previous season, Aşgabat's league results were 10 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses, resulting in 5th position in the Ýokary Liga. From these 28 matches they scored 35 goals and gave away 45. Playing at home in the previous season Aşgabat generated 5-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 18 conceded. The home fans saw their team lose the first Ýokary Liga game of the season here. Last season these fans witnessed 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from Aşgabat's 14 home games.
The Aşgabat fans got no joy from their last match, a Ýokary Liga game also here: A 1-3 defeat against Altyn Asyr (placed 1st).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Ahal and winning 2-1.Aşgabat has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 3 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Merw form and stats
Let's have a look at how Merw performed last season in the Ýokary Liga: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 4 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 45 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 11/26 goals scored/conceded. Merw have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Ýokary Liga were 2 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats from 14 fixtures.
There might be some fixture complaints from Merw as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Ýokary Liga match against Sagadam (2-4). As you can tell from the result, the match against Sagadam was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Köpetdag Aşgabat.It's early days yet, but Merw has scored 2 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding four meetings involving these two sides are: one win for Aşgabat, two draws and one win for Merw. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.Aşgabat missing players
Merw missing players
| Aşgabat | Merw | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 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% |
| Aşgabat | Last season | Merw | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Scored | S | 11 | 29 | ||
| 45 | 18 | Conceded | C | 26 | 45 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 61% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 79% | ||
| 46% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 54% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 29% | ||
| 25% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 57% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 54% | ||
| 25% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 18% | ||
| 25% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 0.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.1 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 36% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 44% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Ahal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Sagadam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Köpetdag Aşgabat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Merw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 6 | Aşgabat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 7 | Balkan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Energetik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | Sagadam | 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 | Balkan | 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 |