Match Report
The table gap was wide: 21 points between Ahal (2nd, 42 pts) and Merw (4th, 21 pts). Per game in the league, Ahal were scoring 2.2 and conceding 1.1, Merw 1.1 and 2.5, against a competition average of 1.65 goals per team per game.
From the last five rounds, Ahal held 12 points of 15 and Merw 3.
11 meetings are on record — 9 won by Ahal, 0 by Merw, 2 drawn, at 2.82 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 27% of the wins in this fixture.
It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 4-0 full-time score.