Match Report
Both sides brought 7 points into this one — Al Gharafa 10th, Pakhtakor 8th. Al Gharafa ranked just 16th in the league on five-round form despite their 10th table position. Per game in the league, Al Gharafa were scoring 1.25 and conceding 2.25, Pakhtakor 0.5 and 0.75, against a competition average of 1.51 goals per team per game.
Pakhtakor had gone 5 games without a win. The last-five ledger: Al Gharafa 10/15, Pakhtakor 3/15.
The venue was Al Bayt Stadium in Khor, with room for 60,000 spectators. Al Gharafa led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Al Gharafa: Ferjani Sassi (39')