Soccer match preview: Nasaf confident before travelling to Metalourg

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Competition: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Competition: Fri 12.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Metallurg Markaziy Stadion (11000 seats)

Look no further! Here's all you should know about the Professional Football League match Metalourg - Nasaf!

Insights:
  • Metalourg have the fewest scored goals (8) in Professional Football League
  • Nasaf have the the best goal difference (+16) in Professional Football League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Metalourg form and stats

Metalourg, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Professional Football League, have played 7 Professional Football League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Metalourg are returning here after visiting AMGK and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Temirov scored the goal(s). Sweet to taste a league win after five fixtures without one.

Preceding that match was the home game against Pakhtakor that was lost 0-2.

Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 14 league games, 12 have produced zero, one or two goals.

Metalourg aren't scoring a lot here at Metallurg Markaziy Stadion in the league, with only 5 goals from 7 games. Metalourg are not conceding a lot of goals here at Metallurg Markaziy Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.

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Nasaf form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the Professional Football League.

It's the second away game in a row for Nasaf, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Dinamo Samarqand (placed 14th) last time out. As mentioned above, Nasaf was the only team on the pitch versus Dinamo Samarqand in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Navbahor.

Nasaf has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. Nasaf are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Nasaf - Metalourg 1-1 was the story when these participants last did battle, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Metalourg wins - draws - Nasaf wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NasafH. Norchayev
H. Norchayev
6 goals
NasafO. Bozorov
O. Bozorov
5 goals
MetalourgD. Temirov
D. Temirov
3 goals

Metalourg missing players

Nasaf missing players

Metalourg Nasaf
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 3 8 14
3 2 0 Won W 2 5 7
7 4 1 Drew D 1 3 6
4 1 1 Lost L 0 0 1
8 5 1 Scored S 7 15 25
13 5 3 Conceded C 3 5 9
79% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 86%
57% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 64%
14% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 43%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 38% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 14%
36% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 43%
36% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 50%
50% 43% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 21%
 
4.1 5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.4
4.3 3.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.4 4.5
2.8 3.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 13.2 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 13.4 12.4
4.5 5.7 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.5 5.5
14% 15% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 34% 32%
 
9.4 10.2 11 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10.2 9.2
3.4 3.2 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.8 3.8
Key stats in Professional Football League this season:
  • Metalourg have the fewest scored goals (8) in Professional Football League
  • Metalourg have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Nasaf have not yet lost a game away.
  • Nasaf have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nasaf have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Nasaf have scored more than double the goals of Metalourg.
  • Nasaf have the most points (18) away in Professional Football League
  • Nasaf have the most scored goals (15) away in Professional Football League
  • Nasaf have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Professional Football League
  • Nasaf have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Professional Football League
  • Nasaf have the the best goal difference (+16) in Professional Football League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Navbahor 15 9 4 2 18 8 8 4 3 1 9 3 7 5 1 1 9 5 10 31
2 Sogdiana 15 9 3 3 25 16 8 4 2 2 12 8 7 5 1 1 13 8 9 30
3 Nasaf 14 7 6 1 25 9 6 2 3 1 10 4 8 5 3 0 15 5 16 27
4 Pakhtakor 14 7 6 1 21 11 6 3 2 1 9 7 8 4 4 0 12 4 10 27
5 Qizilqum 15 8 2 5 22 18 7 4 0 3 12 9 8 4 2 2 10 9 4 26
6 AMGK 15 7 3 5 25 15 8 4 2 2 16 8 7 3 1 3 9 7 10 24
7 FK Olympic 15 3 9 3 18 13 8 1 5 2 5 8 7 2 4 1 13 5 5 18
8 Metalourg 14 3 7 4 8 13 7 2 4 1 5 5 7 1 3 3 3 8 -5 16
9 Lokomotiv 15 5 1 9 13 21 7 3 0 4 6 7 8 2 1 5 7 14 -8 16
10 Surkhon 13 3 4 6 12 18 6 2 1 3 7 9 7 1 3 3 5 9 -6 13
10 Bunyodkor 15 4 4 7 17 26 8 2 3 3 9 15 7 2 1 4 8 11 -9 16
11 Kokand-1912 15 3 5 7 12 22 7 2 3 2 8 9 8 1 2 5 4 13 -10 14
12 Termez Surkhon 15 3 4 8 12 25 7 2 1 4 7 14 8 1 3 4 5 11 -13 13
13 Neftchi 14 2 6 6 13 19 7 2 2 3 7 7 7 0 4 3 6 12 -6 12
14 Dinamo Samarqand 15 1 4 10 13 26 9 1 2 6 7 16 6 0 2 4 6 10 -13 7

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.