Qizilqum v Pakhtakor preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Competition: Tue 29.Aug
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Yoshlar Sport Majmuasi (5000 seats)

Battling Qizilqum will be hoping to pull off a surprise when they welcome hard-driving Pakhtakor in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 14th vs 1st and the home supporters will have moderate confidence.

Insights:
  • Qizilqum have the fewest scored goals (7) in Professional Football League
  • Pakhtakor have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) 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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Qizilqum form and stats

Qizilqum, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Professional Football League, have collected 9 points from their Professional Football League home games so far after 2-3-3. Qizilqum are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Yoshlar Sport Majmuasi, having lost their two previous games here.

Qizilqum haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 350 minutes ago. Kenjabaev scored that one.

Qizilqum travelled for their previous game, a trip to Nasaf that ended 0-0.

Before that game, the home loss against Metalourg with the scoreline 0-2.

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 12 most recent league games reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Qizilqum have scored {6 league goals} here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Qizilqum have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Pakhtakor form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Professional Football League. Pakhtakor are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

202 minutes! That's how long the Pakhtakor goalkeeper Sanjar Kuvvatov and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a Super Cup home loss versus Nasaf with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Metalourg in the Professional Football League.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this club's most recent 10 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.

The travelling fans enjoy Pakhtakor's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Pakhtakor as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The 12 latest matches involving these opponents have all ended as Pakhtakor victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.

The former head to head game ended Pakhtakor - Qizilqum 3-1, earlier this season. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Ceran with 12 goals scored against Qizilqum in these 10 matches.

Top Goalscorers

PakhtakorD. Ćeran
D. Ćeran
11 goals
QizilqumI. Kenjabaev
I. Kenjabaev
3 goals
PakhtakorA. Turgunboev
A. Turgunboev
3 goals

Qizilqum missing players

Pakhtakor missing players

Qizilqum Pakhtakor
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 3 8 17
2 2 0 Won W 3 6 12
5 3 2 Drew D 0 1 2
10 3 1 Lost L 0 1 3
7 6 3 Scored S 6 13 26
22 7 4 Conceded C 1 6 14
82% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
53% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 65%
24% 12% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 53%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 12% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
24% 38% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 62% 59%
29% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 35%
65% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
3.1 2.6 2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.5 4.6
4.4 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.2 4.1
1.9 1.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.9
7 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
5.8 5.1 6.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 9.8 10.7
2.4 2.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.5 4.1
18% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 46% 38%
 
8.1 7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 7 8 7
3.5 3.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.4 3.5
Key stats in Professional Football League this season:
  • Pakhtakor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pakhtakor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Pakhtakor have scored more than double the goals of Qizilqum.
  • Pakhtakor have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Professional Football League
  • Pakhtakor have the most points (19) away in Professional Football League
  • Qizilqum have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Qizilqum have the fewest scored goals (7) in Professional Football League
  • Qizilqum have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Professional Football League
  • Qizilqum have the the worst goal difference (-15) 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 Pakhtakor 17 12 2 3 26 14 9 6 1 2 13 8 8 6 1 1 13 6 12 38
2 Navbahor 17 10 3 4 28 12 8 7 0 1 15 3 9 3 3 3 13 9 16 33
3 Neftchi 17 8 9 0 23 11 8 4 4 0 9 5 9 4 5 0 14 6 12 33
4 Nasaf 17 8 6 3 19 11 9 5 3 1 11 4 8 3 3 2 8 7 8 30
5 AMGK 17 8 4 5 29 23 9 5 1 3 19 13 8 3 3 2 10 10 6 28
6 Termez Surkhon 17 7 6 4 18 15 8 6 1 1 10 5 9 1 5 3 8 10 3 27
7 Andijan 17 7 3 7 18 16 9 4 2 3 12 9 8 3 1 4 6 7 2 24
8 Bunyodkor 18 6 5 7 20 23 9 1 4 4 8 15 9 5 1 3 12 8 -3 23
9 Sogdiana 17 6 4 7 21 22 9 3 2 4 11 12 8 3 2 3 10 10 -1 22
10 FK Olympic 18 5 5 8 19 24 9 2 3 4 8 10 9 3 2 4 11 14 -5 20
11 Metalourg 17 4 4 9 14 26 8 2 3 3 8 11 9 2 1 6 6 15 -12 16
12 Buxoro 18 4 2 12 12 24 9 2 2 5 7 12 9 2 0 7 5 12 -12 14
13 Turan 18 2 6 10 12 23 9 1 3 5 5 10 9 1 3 5 7 13 -11 12
14 Qizilqum 17 2 5 10 7 22 8 2 3 3 6 7 9 0 2 7 1 15 -15 11

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.