Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Metalourg & Neftchi face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Uzbekistan Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Metalourg form and stats
Last season, Metalourg's Uzbekistan Cup journey ended in the round of 16.Metalourg have played 6 Professional Football League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Bunyodkor last time out and are looking for a win here.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Termez Surkhon (0-1).With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Metalourg defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Neftchi form and stats
Neftchi was sent out of Uzbekistan Cup in the group stage last season.3 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Neftchi playing as the away team in the Professional Football League this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Qizilqum in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
A 0-0 draw at FK Olympic's stadium before that.Neftchi has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the former ten meetings): Metalourg won five games, one match ended with a draw and Neftchi have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Tabatadze 4 goals | U. Khoshimov 3 goals | N. Tukhtasinov 3 goals |
Metalourg missing players
Neftchi missing players
| Metalourg | Neftchi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 17 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Scored | S | 26 | 37 | ||
| 39 | 15 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 53% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 20% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.7 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.6 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.9 | ||
| 21% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 66% | 51% | ||
| 8.1 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Navbahor | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 25 |
| 2 | Pakhtakor | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Neftchi | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Nasaf | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | AMGK | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Bunyodkor | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Andijan | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Termez Surkhon | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | FK Olympic | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 10 | Sogdiana | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Metalourg | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -13 | 8 |
| 12 | Buxoro | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 7 |
| 13 | Qizilqum | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | -13 | 6 |
| 14 | Turan | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 4 |
