Navbahor will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Metalourg.
Navbahor form and stats
Overall Professional Football League stats at home this season for Navbahor, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Professional Football League, are 4-3-2 (wins-draw-losses). Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Markaziy Stadion, but a victory now would be sweet for Navbahor. The last three games played by Navbahor, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
Stress levels are on the rise for Navbahor's attacking players as they have now played 377 minutes without scoring in a league game. A. Turgunbaev was their last goal scorer. Navbahor are confident in defense, having played 295 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Navbahor drew their last game, 0-0 away at Buxoro (placed 14th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Nasaf.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Navbahor here at Markaziy Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). Defensively Navbahor have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Metalourg form and stats
As the visiting team in Professional Football League matches, Metalourg have produced an overall stat of 5-1-3 so far. Momentum is building for Metalourg in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
There were no winners in Metalourg's previous match, a Professional Football League home game that ended 1-1 vs Andijan (placed 13th). A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Lokomotiv.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Buxoro in just four days.
Metalourg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. 10 goals have been conceded by Metalourg in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Metalourg - Navbahor 1-3, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Navbahor three wins, four draws and Metalourg three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Ubaydullayev 6 goals |   A. Turgunboev 5 goals | S. Andreev 5 goals |
Navbahor missing players
Metalourg missing players
| Navbahor | Metalourg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 26 |
| 14 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 78% | 78% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 44% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 39% | 11% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 50% |
| 44% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 33% |
| 39% | 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 167 | 83 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 59 | 120 |
| 52 | 28 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 26 | 50 |
| 33% | 29% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 71% | 58% | 52% |
- Metalourg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Navbahor has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Professional Football League
- Navbahor has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Professional Football League
- Navbahor has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Professional Football League
- Navbahor has the most matches under the total-line (14) in Professional Football League
- Navbahor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 39 | 41 |
| 2 | AMGK | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 39 |
| 3 | Nasaf | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 36 |
| 4 | Metalourg | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Kokand-1912 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Bunyodkor | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Navbahor | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Sogdiana | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 22 |
| 10 | Mash'al | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Qizilqum | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -15 | 17 |
| 12 | Surkhon | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -18 | 12 |
| 13 | Andijan | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -11 | 11 |
| 14 | Buxoro | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 18 | -24 | 9 |