The managers S. Babayan and S. Arveladze are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Professional Football League league table.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Lokomotiv form and stats
Lokomotiv, who have the most clean sheets (12) in Professional Football League, have been outstanding at home so far in the Professional Football League with 6 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. Lokomotiv haven’t lost a game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Sogdiana, 126 days ago.
Lokomotiv are confident in defense, having played 189 minutes without conceding a goal.
A good away victory last time out for Lokomotiv, who won 1-0 against Navbahor. A strong away win before that one, visiting Andijan and winning 4-0.
The Lokomotiv manager S. Babayan has got the team scoring with 19 from 8 home games in the league. Lokomotiv are not conceding a lot of goals here at Lokomotiv Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.
Pakhtakor form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Pakhtakor so far, with 5-1-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Professional Football League statistics. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Pakhtakor's record of ten away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Surkhon game.
The manager S. Arveladze was unhappy after their last game, a Professional Football League match played at their home ground Lokomotiv Stadium. Pakhtakor suffered a 2-3 loss to Bunyodkor. Prior to that result Pakhtakor won their away game at Nasaf. The scoreline was 2-1.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Pakhtakor are regular goalscorers on their travels. The Pakhtakor defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (3 goals in 6 games).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Pakhtakor - Lokomotiv 3-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Lokomotiv, 2 draws and 4 wins for Pakhtakor. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Ćeran 21 goals |  I. Sergeev 14 goals |  D. Khamdamov 8 goals |
Lokomotiv missing players
Pakhtakor missing players
| Lokomotiv | Pakhtakor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 13 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | 25 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 31 | 75 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 72% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 92% |
| 32% | 42% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 83% | 88% |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 48% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 32% |
| 48% | 42% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 48% | 58% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 389 | 209 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 100 | 268 |
| 157 | 92 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 56 | 135 |
| 25% | 27% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 43% | 47% |
- Lokomotiv has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
- Lokomotiv has the most clean sheets (12)
- Lokomotiv has the most points (20) at home
- Lokomotiv have not yet lost a game at home.
- Lokomotiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lokomotiv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Pakhtakor has the fewest conceded goals (3) away
- Pakhtakor has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Pakhtakor has the most clean sheets (6) away
- Pakhtakor has the most matches over the total-line (9)
- Pakhtakor has the most points (16) away
- Pakhtakor has the most scored goals (14) away
- Pakhtakor has the most scored goals (37)
- Pakhtakor has the most scored goals in the first half (33)
- Pakhtakor has the most scored goals in the second half (42)
- Pakhtakor has the the best goal difference (+11) away
- Pakhtakor has the the best goal difference (+28)
- Pakhtakor have not yet lost a game away.
- Pakhtakor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Pakhtakor is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pakhtakor | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 28 | 35 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 3 | Navbahor | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Nasaf | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Surkhon | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 21 |
| 6 | Dinamo Samarqand | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Bunyodkor | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Sogdiana | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | Metalourg | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | AMGK | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -5 | 12 |
| 11 | Qizilqum | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | -14 | 11 |
| 12 | Buxoro | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 10 |
| 13 | Andijan | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 14 | Kokand-1912 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -14 | 8 |