Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Neftchi & Bunyodkor face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Uzbekistan Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Neftchi nor Bunyodkor as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Neftchi form and stats
Last season, Neftchi's Uzbekistan Cup journey ended in the group stage.Only two Professional Football League home games for Neftchi so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
The home club members witnessed a 0-0 draw versus Bunyodkor in the Uzbekistan Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Andijan.Neftchi has scored {4 goals} so far and conceded {3 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Bunyodkor form and stats
Bunyodkor was sent out of Uzbekistan Cup in the round of 16 last season.4-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bunyodkor in their Professional Football League matches away.
275 minutes! That's how long the Bunyodkor goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Neftchi in their previous outing. The Uzbekistan Cup battle ended 0-0.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Buxoro at their stadium, the result 2-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bunyodkor playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 0 Bunyodkor wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Bunyodkor have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 9 goals from 4 away matches. It's not easy to score on Bunyodkor as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date registered meeting featuring both these contenders is the Neftchi - Bunyodkor 0-0 played previously this season. Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Neftchi won three, Bunyodkor were winners in six and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Tukhtasinov 3 goals | U. Adhamzoda 2 goals | O. Larin 2 goals |
Neftchi missing players
Bunyodkor missing players
| Neftchi | Bunyodkor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 39 | 15 | Scored | S | 19 | 28 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 84% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 78% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 3.2 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8.2 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3 | ||
| 43% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 44% | ||
| 8.8 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Neftchi | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Bunyodkor | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | AMGK | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Nasaf | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Navbahor | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 6 | Pakhtakor | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Termez Surkhon | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | FK Olympic | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Andijan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Qizilqum | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 11 | Metalourg | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 12 | Buxoro | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 13 | Turan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 14 | Sogdiana | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 2 |
