National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Pakhtakor or Sogdiana that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Pakhtakor form and stats
Pakhtakor was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Uzbekistan Cup.The story so far in the Professional Football League for Pakhtakor at their home stadium (Paxtakor Markaziy Stadion) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The home club members saw a 0-0 draw versus Sogdiana in the Uzbekistan Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
A strong away win before that one, visiting AMGK and winning 2-1.Goals decide football matches and Pakhtakor are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Pakhtakor defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sogdiana form and stats
Sogdiana was sent out of Uzbekistan Cup in the semi-finals last season.No Professional Football League points yet away for Sogdiana, from their first 2 matches.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Pakhtakor in their previous outing. The Uzbekistan Cup duel ended 0-0.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Qizilqum in the Professional Football League.It's early days yet, but Sogdiana has scored 1 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Pakhtakor wins - draws - Sogdiana wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Ćeran 7 goals | A. Fayzullayev 2 goals | F. Sayfiyev 2 goals |
Pakhtakor missing players
Sogdiana missing players
| Pakhtakor | Sogdiana | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 48 | 33 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 48% | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 10.8 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4 | ||
| 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 13% | ||
| 7.5 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Neftchi | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Pakhtakor | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Bunyodkor | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | Nasaf | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Termez Surkhon | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | AMGK | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | FK Olympic | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Andijan | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Metalourg | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
| 11 | Sogdiana | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 12 | Qizilqum | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 13 | Buxoro | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | Turan | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
