Struggling Mash'al will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Pakhtakor in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Pakhtakor could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Professional Football League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Surkhon. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Mash'al form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Professional Football League this season. Mash'al have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stadion im. Bahrom Vafoyev. The home stadium (Stadion im. Bahrom Vafoyev) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Mash'al it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around? Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Mash'al with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Sogdiana game, 47 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Mash'al's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Kokand-1912 (placed 4th). Before that game, the home loss against AMGK with the scoreline 0-2.
Mash'al have scored 7 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Mash'al are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion im. Bahrom Vafoyev in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Pakhtakor form and stats
Pakhtakor, who have the most scored goals (59) in Professional Football League, have an excellent away record in the Professional Football League so far with 6-1-1 from 8 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Pakhtakor as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games. Pakhtakor are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
The Pakhtakor goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 242 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Pakhtakor, but there's smiles all around after the 6-0 victory versus Surkhon (placed 13th) in the Professional Football League last time out. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Sogdiana.
As mentioned above, Pakhtakor was the only team on the pitch versus Surkhon in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Pakhtakor manager S. Arveladze as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against AMGK.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 21 goals in 8 league games away this season. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Pakhtakor are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Pakhtakor - Mash'al 3-0. Mash'al-Pakhtakor H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Mash'al one win, Pakhtakor eight wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Ćeran 16 goals | I. Sergeev 13 goals |  E. Derdiyok 9 goals |
Mash'al missing players
Pakhtakor missing players
| Mash'al | Pakhtakor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 14 | 21 | 59 |
| 24 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 90% | 78% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 95% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 74% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 53% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | 26% |
| 30% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 42% |
| 35% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 62% | 53% |
| 45% | 44% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 5% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 156 | 70 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 52 | 79 | 255 |
| 55 | 21 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 34 | 126 |
| 20% | 19% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 56% | 45% |
- Mash'al is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Pakhtakor has the fewest conceded goals (10) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the most points (19) away in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the most scored goals (21) away in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the most scored goals (59) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the the best goal difference (+18) away in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the the best goal difference (+49) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Pakhtakor have scored more than double the goals of Mash'al.
- Pakhtakor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Pakhtakor is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 49 | 50 |
| 2 | AMGK | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 42 |
| 3 | Nasaf | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 40 |
| 4 | Kokand-1912 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 35 |
| 5 | Bunyodkor | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Metalourg | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
| 7 | Sogdiana | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -3 | 27 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 26 |
| 9 | Navbahor | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Mash'al | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 19 |
| 11 | Qizilqum | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 18 |
| 12 | Andijan | 20 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -15 | 12 |
| 13 | Surkhon | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -25 | 12 |
| 14 | Buxoro | 20 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 18 | -24 | 11 |