Match Report
3 points and 1 places separated them: Ahal 4th with 4, Pakhtakor 3rd with 7. Ahal ranked just 36th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Per game in the league, Ahal were scoring 1 and conceding 2.17, Pakhtakor 1.33 and 1.83, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
Four consecutive wins preceded this game for Ahal.
Aşgabat Stadiony in Ashgabat staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.