The league table in Professional Football League tells a story about these teams so far, with Pakhtakor leading Qizilqum by 24 points. Match preview to follow:
Pakhtakor form and stats
8-1-0 is the performance here at Paxtakor Markaziy Stadion so far in the Professional Football League, giving Pakhtakor a total of 25 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results! Pakhtakor has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Sogdiana defeat 125 days ago. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Paxtakor Markaziy Stadion.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Eldorbek Suyunov not having conceded a league goal in 197 minutes.
The fans are hoping that Pakhtakor will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the AFC Champions League game against Persepolis. Before that, Pakhtakor had a home game versus Esteghlal which ended with a victory 2-1.
Pakhtakor are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Paxtakor Markaziy Stadion with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. 32 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Pakhtakor has won 27 times, drawn four and lost one. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Pakhtakor has won by at least two goals 19 times when in this position.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Pakhtakor as they have a new game in only three days, a Professional Football League match thankfully also at home. Sogdiana are visiting.
It's goals goals goals for Pakhtakor who have scored 33 goals from 9 league home games. From these home matches, Pakhtakor have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Qizilqum form and stats
There's been little loot from Qizilqum's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Professional Football League. Qizilqum only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.
Qizilqum won their last game, 2-1 versus Kokand-1912 played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting AMGK's place.
Qizilqum are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 37 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were six wins, nine draws and 22 defeats. Of the defeats, 15 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Qizilqum as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. As for defending, Qizilqum rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Qizilqum - Pakhtakor 0-2 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Pakhtakor victories, two draws and zero Qizilqum wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Ćeran 15 goals | I. Sergeev 12 goals |  E. Derdiyok 7 goals |
Pakhtakor missing players
Qizilqum missing players
| Pakhtakor | Qizilqum | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 48 | 33 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 72% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 44% |
| 50% | 67% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 17% |
| 25% | 44% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 50% |
| 50% | 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 56% | 39% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 211 | 152 | 52 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 65 | 125 |
| 103 | 81 | 28 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 19 | 50 |
| 45% | 41% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 26% | 26% |
- All of Pakhtakor's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Pakhtakor has the fewest conceded goals (9) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) 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 (3) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the most points (25) at home in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the most scored goals (33) at home in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the most scored goals (48) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the the best goal difference (+27) at home in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor has the the best goal difference (+39) in Professional Football League
- Pakhtakor have not yet lost a game at home.
- Pakhtakor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Pakhtakor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Pakhtakor have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Pakhtakor have scored more than double the goals of Qizilqum.
- Pakhtakor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Qizilqum has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Professional Football League
- Qizilqum have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Qizilqum have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | AMGK | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 42 |
| 2 | Pakhtakor | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 39 | 41 |
| 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 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 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 |