Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Bunyodkor & Metalourg face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Uzbekistan Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There haven't been much to rest for the team playing at home, as they had a Professional Football League game only four days earlier. This match was also played here at Milliy Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Metalourg have had more rest.
Bunyodkor form and stats
Last season, Bunyodkor's Uzbekistan Cup journey ended in the round of 16.Bunyodkor have played three Professional Football League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
The spoils were shared in Bunyodkor's previous game, also at home. Visiting FK Olympic travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Khakimov was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against FK Olympic after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Termez Surkhon (0-1).The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Bunyodkor here at Milliy Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Bunyodkor have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Metalourg form and stats
Last season their Uzbekistan Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.The story so far for the visiting team on their Professional Football League travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Metalourg aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 207 league minutes without a goal. Nematjonov was the last player to find the net.
Metalourg play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Buxoro.
A 0-5 defeat away at Andijan before that.Metalourg are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 4 away games. Metalourg are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 2 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Bunyodkor have put together a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Metalourg.Top Goalscorers
  U. Ismonaliyev 2 goals | I. Ivanović 2 goals |  I. Ibragimov 2 goals |
Bunyodkor missing players
Metalourg missing players
| Bunyodkor | Metalourg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 27 | 8 | Scored | S | 11 | 22 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 22 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 2.3 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 6.1 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7.4 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 41% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 21% | ||
| 8.3 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Navbahor | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | Neftchi | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | Bunyodkor | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Nasaf | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | AMGK | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Termez Surkhon | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | FK Olympic | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | Andijan | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Sogdiana | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Buxoro | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Metalourg | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 7 |
| 13 | Qizilqum | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -10 | 5 |
| 14 | Turan | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
