Metalourg are trying to brush off the league table before this match vs Pakhtakor. Here's everything you need to know before the game!
- Metalourg have the fewest scored goals (7) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor have the most clean sheets (7) in Professional Football League
There haven't been much to rest for the hosts, as they performed in a Professional Football League game only four days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Lokomotiv, was also a home game here at Metallurg Markaziy Stadion. The away team is better rested.
Metalourg form and stats
2-4-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Professional Football League numbers at home for Metalourg so far this season. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Metalourg.
Metalourg drew their last game, also a home match. Lokomotiv (placed 11th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
In the match before that, Metalourg hosted FK Olympic and drew the game 0-0.Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 12 league matches, 10 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
Metalourg have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Metalourg have conceded only 3 goals.
Pakhtakor form and stats
Pakhtakor's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Pakhtakor collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Professional Football League. 3 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Pakhtakor are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Pakhtakor have a lot to rectify after their surprise loss (2-3) to Bunyodkor in their previous outing, played in front of their own supporters. That loss stopped this team's string of league matches in a row without losing; twelve games in all! Late heartbreak for Pakhtakor in the Bunyodkor match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime.
Prior to that result Pakhtakor won their away game at Qizilqum. The scoreline was 2-0.A tale of few goals? 9 of this side's latest 11 league matches have seen two goals or less.
Pakhtakor have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Pakhtakor's manager Vojneski has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - zero - ten (Metalourg wins - draws - Pakhtakor wins). As for goals, ten matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Ćeran 6 goals | O. Šarkić 3 goals |  D. Temirov 2 goals |
Metalourg missing players
Pakhtakor missing players
| Metalourg | Pakhtakor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 75% | 67% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 82% |
| 58% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 64% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 42% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 36% |
| 33% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 67% | 64% |
| 50% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 4 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.7 | 2.7 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 12.7 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 11.2 | 11.5 |
| 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | 5 |
| 15% | 18% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 27% | 25% |
| 9.2 | 10.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 8 | 6.8 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
- Metalourg have not yet lost a game at home.
- Metalourg have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Professional Football League
- Metalourg have the fewest scored goals (7) in Professional Football League
- Metalourg have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor have not yet lost a game away.
- Pakhtakor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Pakhtakor have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor have the most clean sheets (4) away in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor have the most clean sheets (7) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor have the most matches under the total-line (6) 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 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| 2 | Sogdiana | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Nasaf | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | AMGK | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Pakhtakor | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Qizilqum | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | Bunyodkor | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 8 | FK Olympic | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Surkhon | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | Metalourg | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | Lokomotiv | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 12 | Kokand-1912 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 13 | Neftchi | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Dinamo Samarqand | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
