Match Report
2 points and 1 places separated them: Pakhtakor 3rd with 7, Al Feiha 2nd with 9. Pakhtakor had been under-performing their position — 21st on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Pakhtakor were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.83, Al Feiha 2 and 1.67, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Pakhtakor in 6 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The match was played at Milliy Stadion in Tashkent (capacity 34,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-4.