Surkhon vs Metalourg: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Uzbekistan Professional Football League
Competition: Tue 25.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Milliy Stadion (34000 seats)

Surkhon hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 8 points and a 11th position in the Professional Football League table. Visiting Metalourg holds 7th place with 16 pts.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Surkhon and Metalourg.

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Surkhon form and stats

0 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Surkhon have to build on here at Milliy Stadion in the Professional Football League. Two draws in a row at home now for Surkhon.

The fans are hoping that Surkhon will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Professional Football League game against Buxoro (placed 14th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Navbahor.

There will be little rest for Surkhon after this match as they are travelling to Sogdiana for a Professional Football League game in only three days.

Surkhon has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Surkhon are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (8 from 4 played).

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Metalourg form and stats

Playing away, Metalourg, who have the most points (10) away in Professional Football League, have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Professional Football League this season. Metalourg has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Home advantage was not enough for Metalourg in their previous game, as they lost their Professional Football League-match, hosting Qizilqum, 1-2. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Bunyodkor wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

After this away game Metalourg return home for a Professional Football League game against Mash'al. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The travelling fans enjoy Metalourg's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. Metalourg have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Surkhon won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Metalourg has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two

Top Goalscorers

MetalourgS. Andreev
S. Andreev
5 goals
SurkhonO. Kasyan
O. Kasyan
4 goals
MetalourgS. Ubaydullayev
S. Ubaydullayev
3 goals

Surkhon missing players

Metalourg missing players

Surkhon Metalourg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 4 3 Played P 2 7 11
2 0 0 Won W 2 3 5
2 2 2 Drew D 0 1 1
7 2 1 Lost L 0 3 5
10 5 4 Scored S 6 11 16
19 8 5 Conceded C 1 9 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 82%
64% 75% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 45%
27% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 29% 18%
64% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 45%
9% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 36%
27% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 18%
 
3.9 6.2 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.4 3.9
3.6 4.5 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 1 2.7 3.5
2.2 2.5 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 2 1.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
88 48 39 Total Shots T S 12 44 77
30 16 12 Shots on Target S O 4 17 28
33% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 150% 65% 57%
Key stats in Professional Football League this season:
  • All of Surkhon's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Metalourg has the most points (10) away
  • Metalourg has the most scored goals (11) away
  • Metalourg have scored at least twice as many goals away as Surkhon have scored home.
  • Metalourg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Surkhon has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home
  • Surkhon have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Surkhon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Surkhon have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Surkhon have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Surkhon have yet to win a game at home.
  • Surkhon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 11 9 1 1 31 8 8 7 1 0 26 6 3 2 0 1 5 2 23 28
2 AMGK 11 8 3 0 19 8 7 6 1 0 12 4 4 2 2 0 7 4 11 27
3 Bunyodkor 11 6 3 2 16 13 5 5 0 0 9 1 6 1 3 2 7 12 3 21
4 Kokand-1912 11 6 1 4 20 11 7 5 1 1 17 6 4 1 0 3 3 5 9 19
5 Nasaf 11 5 4 2 17 13 5 3 2 0 8 3 6 2 2 2 9 10 4 19
6 Navbahor 11 5 3 3 15 10 5 4 0 1 7 1 6 1 3 2 8 9 5 18
7 Metalourg 11 5 1 5 16 14 4 2 0 2 5 5 7 3 1 3 11 9 2 16
8 Mash'al 11 3 4 4 8 10 4 1 3 0 4 1 7 2 1 4 4 9 -2 13
9 Lokomotiv 11 4 0 7 13 17 8 4 0 4 12 10 3 0 0 3 1 7 -4 12
10 Sogdiana 11 3 3 5 12 19 5 2 3 0 9 6 6 1 0 5 3 13 -7 12
11 Surkhon 11 2 2 7 10 19 4 0 2 2 5 8 7 2 0 5 5 11 -9 8
12 Qizilqum 11 2 2 7 7 19 6 1 1 4 4 9 5 1 1 3 3 10 -12 8
13 Andijan 11 0 6 5 7 14 5 0 2 3 1 6 6 0 4 2 6 8 -7 6
14 Buxoro 11 1 3 7 6 22 4 1 2 1 5 7 7 0 1 6 1 15 -16 6

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.