With their 21 point advantage in the league table, Metalourg fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Buxoro.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Professional Football League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Navbahor.
Metalourg form and stats
The story so far in the Professional Football League for Metalourg at their home stadium (Metallurg Markaziy Stadion) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Metalourg. Two draws in a row at home now for Metalourg.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Andijan that ended 1-1.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Metalourg as they have a new game in only three days, a Professional Football League match thankfully also at home. Nasaf are visiting.
Metalourg has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Metalourg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Buxoro form and stats
Buxoro, who have the most conceded goals (36) in Professional Football League, have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Professional Football League, after 0-1-8 (9 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Buxoro, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
The attacking players of Buxoro have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 240 minutes. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Buxoro goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 218 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Buxoro played 0-0 against Nasaf in their previous match. A draw for Buxoro before that, at their own venue hosting Navbahor (0-0).
Buxoro are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 9 away games. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Buxoro, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Buxoro - Metalourg 1-4 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Metalourg four wins, two draws and Buxoro four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Andreev 6 goals |  S. Ubaydullayev 6 goals | I. Toshpulatov 4 goals |
Metalourg missing players
Buxoro missing players
| Metalourg | Buxoro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 27 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 84% |
| 84% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 68% |
| 47% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 58% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 37% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 53% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 22% | 42% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 78% | 53% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 126 | 61 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 52 | 125 |
| 51 | 24 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 13 | 41 |
| 53% | 46% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 8% | 27% |
- Buxoro has the fewest points (1) away in Professional Football League
- Buxoro has the fewest scored goals (2) away in Professional Football League
- Buxoro has the most conceded goals (36) in Professional Football League
- Buxoro has the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Professional Football League
- Buxoro has the the worst goal difference (-16) away in Professional Football League
- Buxoro has the the worst goal difference (-24) in Professional Football League
- Buxoro have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Buxoro have yet to win a game away.
- Metalourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Metalourg have scored more than double the goals of Buxoro.
- Metalourg 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 | Pakhtakor | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 41 | 44 |
| 2 | AMGK | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 42 |
| 3 | Nasaf | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 37 |
| 4 | Kokand-1912 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Metalourg | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Bunyodkor | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 25 |
| 8 | Navbahor | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | Sogdiana | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Mash'al | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 11 | Qizilqum | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 17 |
| 12 | Andijan | 19 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -11 | 12 |
| 13 | Surkhon | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 12 |
| 14 | Buxoro | 19 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 18 | -24 | 10 |