Match Report
4 points and 1 places separated them: Lokomotiv 3rd with 7, Al Ittihad 2nd with 11. Recent form told a different story for Lokomotiv: only 25th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Scoring rates set the scale: Lokomotiv 1.67 scored and 1.83 conceded per game, Al Ittihad 2.17 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.38.
Momentum sat with Al Ittihad, winners of their last three, having scored in 12 consecutive games. Lokomotiv had banked 5 of the last 15 points on offer; Al Ittihad, 13.
The venue was Stadion Lokomotiv in Tashkent, with room for 10,000 spectators. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.