It's the very first game of the new campaign for Şagadam and Merw. The canvas is blank, the potential infinite.
Şagadam form and stats
The season before, Şagadam's league results were 13 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses, providing 3rd place in the Ýokary Liga. During these 28 matches they scored 46 goals and let in 27. Appearing at their own stadium in the last season Şagadam delivered 8-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 6 conceded.
Şagadam are traveling soon after this match as the Ýokary Liga match at Balkan awaits in four days.
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.
A quick return to home after this game, as Merw are hosting Köpetdag Aşgabat in the Ýokary Liga only four days away.
Head 2 Head
Şagadam-Merw H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Şagadam three wins, Merw zero wins, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Şagadam missing players
Merw missing players
| Şagadam | Merw | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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% |
| Şagadam | Last season | Merw | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Scored | S | 11 | 29 | ||
| 27 | 6 | Conceded | C | 26 | 45 | ||
| 89% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 67% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 79% | ||
| 41% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 54% | ||
| 26% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 29% | ||
| 15% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 41% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 54% | ||
| 44% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 18% | ||
| 26% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.5 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 41% | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Ahal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Energetik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Köpetdag Aşgabat | 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 | Balkan | 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 | Asgabat | 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 | Asgabat | 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 |