Match Report
The table read 1st (Arkadag, 43 pts) against 2nd (Ahal, 33 pts), 10 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Arkadag 3.87 scored and 0.47 conceded per game, Ahal 1.93 and 1, with the league averaging 1.55.
Momentum sat with Arkadag, winners of their last 15, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Ahal had won four straight, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
10 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Arkadag 10, draws 0, Ahal 0, at 3.8 goals per meeting. 80% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 60%. Where history says 3.8 goals per meeting, the last five say 2.8.
Arkadag Stadium, capacity 10,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-1.