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Competition: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Competition: Fri 21.April
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Buxoro Sport Majmuasi (25520 seats)

Buxoro will pray that their home comfort is enough to get something from this demanding meeting, against fiery Neftchi.

Insights:
  • Buxoro is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Neftchi have the most scored goals (14) in Professional Football League

Neftchi have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

It's no vacation for neither Buxoro nor Neftchi 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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Buxoro form and stats

Three Professional Football League home games done for Buxoro, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches.

The spoils were shared in Buxoro's previous game, also at home. Visiting Neftchi (placed 1st) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline.

Prior to that, an away loss at FK Olympic.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Buxoro here at Buxoro Sport Majmuasi in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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Neftchi form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (14) in Professional Football League, on their Professional Football League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Neftchi has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Buxoro for a 2-2 draw.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Turan.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Neftchi are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).

Head 2 Head

Neftchi have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Buxoro.

The two duelists also encountered each other earlier on this campaign: Buxoro - Neftchi 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

NeftchiU. Khoshimov
U. Khoshimov
3 goals
NeftchiN. Tukhtasinov
N. Tukhtasinov
3 goals
BuxoroA. Stanisavljević
A. Stanisavljević
2 goals

Buxoro missing players

Neftchi missing players

Buxoro Neftchi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 2 4 7
1 0 0 Won W 2 3 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
5 2 1 Lost L 0 0 0
4 2 0 Scored S 4 9 14
10 5 2 Conceded C 0 2 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
57% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
29% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 57%
14% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 57%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 75% 43%
71% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.9 6.7 9 Corners for (avg) C F 0.5 2.5 3.7
3.1 4.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.2 5.4
1.9 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
7.1 7.7 8 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 6.2 7.7
2.6 3.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 4.3
22% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 64% 47%
 
5.6 7.3 5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.2 9.1
2.4 2.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 3.4
Key stats in Professional Football League this season:
  • All of Neftchi's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Buxoro have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Buxoro have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Buxoro have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Buxoro have yet to win a game at home.
  • Buxoro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Buxoro is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Neftchi have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Neftchi have not yet lost a game.
  • Neftchi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Neftchi have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Neftchi have scored more than double the goals of Buxoro.
  • Neftchi have the most scored goals (14) in Professional Football League
  • Neftchi have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Professional Football League
  • Neftchi have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Professional Football League
  • Neftchi have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Neftchi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Neftchi 7 4 3 0 14 6 3 1 2 0 5 4 4 3 1 0 9 2 8 15
2 Bunyodkor 7 4 2 1 10 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 5 4 0 1 9 3 6 14
3 Navbahor 6 4 0 2 12 4 4 4 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 8 12
4 Pakhtakor 6 4 0 2 13 9 4 3 0 1 9 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 4 12
5 Nasaf 6 3 2 1 8 6 3 2 0 1 5 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 11
6 Termez Surkhon 7 3 2 2 8 7 4 3 0 1 5 3 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 11
7 AMGK 6 3 1 2 10 9 2 1 0 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 10
8 FK Olympic 6 3 1 2 7 6 3 1 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 6 4 1 10
9 Metalourg 6 2 1 3 6 11 4 2 0 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 7
10 Andijan 6 2 0 4 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 5 4 2 0 2 2 2 -5 6
11 Qizilqum 6 1 2 3 3 8 3 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 3 1 7 -5 5
12 Buxoro 7 1 1 5 4 10 3 0 1 2 2 5 4 1 0 3 2 5 -6 4
13 Turan 6 0 3 3 4 7 3 0 1 2 2 4 3 0 2 1 2 3 -3 3
14 Sogdiana 6 0 2 4 5 12 4 0 2 2 4 7 2 0 0 2 1 5 -7 2

Read more about Professional Football League

The Uzbekistan Super League is the highest level of football in Uzbekistan and was founded in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The season generally runs from March to November and has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures to decide the champion of the league table.