Game preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Pakhtakor host Sogdiana

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Competition: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Competition: Wed 02.November
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Paxtakor Markaziy Stadion (35000 seats)

More points have been won by Pakhtakor at this point, with their 2nd position in the Professional Football League table and looking forward to facing Sogdiana (who are in 6th).

Insights:
  • Pakhtakor have the most scored goals (37) in Professional Football League
  • Sogdiana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This has all the signs of an appealing match with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!

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Pakhtakor form and stats

The story so far in the Professional Football League for Pakhtakor at their home stadium (Paxtakor Markaziy Stadion) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Paxtakor Markaziy Stadion.

Pakhtakor's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Lokomotiv (placed 13th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that game, the 5-2 home victory against Kokand-1912.

Pakhtakor are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 9 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 6, drew 2 and lost 1.

Pakhtakor have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Paxtakor Markaziy Stadion with 19 goals in 11 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Sogdiana form and stats

The visitors are W5-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Professional Football League.

Two away games in a row for Sogdiana, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Kokand-1912. Sogdiana were so close to getting something from the game against Kokand-1912, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal five minutes into overtime.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Termez Surkhon.

Sogdiana find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Sogdiana in these games.

Head 2 Head

Sogdiana - Pakhtakor 2-2 was the scoreline in these sides' previous head to head fixture, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings with these contenders: Pakhtakor won six, Sogdiana triumphed in two and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

PakhtakorD. Ćeran
D. Ćeran
14 goals
SogdianaS. Norkhonov
S. Norkhonov
7 goals
PakhtakorA. Fayzullayev
A. Fayzullayev
5 goals

Pakhtakor missing players

Sogdiana missing players

Pakhtakor Sogdiana
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 11 23
12 6 2 Won W 1 5 9
9 3 1 Drew D 1 2 6
2 2 1 Lost L 1 4 8
37 19 6 Scored S 5 16 28
18 12 5 Conceded C 5 14 25
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 87%
78% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 70%
26% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 48%
22% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 13%
13% 27% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 9%
48% 55% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 48%
48% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 35%
13% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 30%
 
3.9 4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.3 4.5
3.2 2.5 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.9 4.2
2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.4 2.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
12.3 12.7 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.1 10.1
5.8 5.7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.1 3.8
28% 30% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 39% 29%
 
8.9 8.4 8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.3 9.5 8.7
3.7 3.7 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.9 3.5
Key stats in Professional Football League this season:
  • 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 the most matches under the total-line (14) in Professional Football League
  • Pakhtakor have the most scored goals (37) in Professional Football League
  • Pakhtakor have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Professional Football League
  • Sogdiana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sogdiana have won significantly less corners away then 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 Nasaf 23 12 10 1 36 13 11 3 7 1 14 7 12 9 3 0 22 6 23 46
2 Pakhtakor 23 12 9 2 37 18 11 6 3 2 19 12 12 6 6 0 18 6 19 45
3 Navbahor 23 12 8 3 27 14 12 6 5 1 14 5 11 6 3 2 13 9 13 44
4 AMGK 23 11 5 7 34 19 12 6 2 4 22 12 11 5 3 3 12 7 15 38
5 Qizilqum 23 11 2 10 31 28 11 6 0 5 19 14 12 5 2 5 12 14 3 35
6 Sogdiana 23 9 6 8 28 25 12 4 4 4 12 11 11 5 2 4 16 14 3 33
7 Metalourg 23 8 8 7 17 21 12 4 5 3 9 10 11 4 3 4 8 11 -4 32
8 FK Olympic 23 5 14 4 27 21 11 2 7 2 8 10 12 3 7 2 19 11 6 29
9 Bunyodkor 23 7 7 9 26 34 11 3 3 5 12 19 12 4 4 4 14 15 -8 28
10 Surkhon 13 3 4 6 12 18 6 2 1 3 7 9 7 1 3 3 5 9 -6 13
10 Neftchi 23 6 8 9 26 29 11 4 2 5 14 13 12 2 6 4 12 16 -3 26
11 Termez Surkhon 23 7 5 11 23 35 12 4 2 6 13 20 11 3 3 5 10 15 -12 26
12 Kokand-1912 23 4 9 10 20 34 12 3 6 3 13 14 11 1 3 7 7 20 -14 21
13 Lokomotiv 23 5 5 13 17 31 11 3 2 6 9 13 12 2 3 7 8 18 -14 20
14 Dinamo Samarqand 23 1 6 16 18 45 12 1 3 8 9 20 11 0 3 8 9 25 -27 9

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.