Match Report
Arkadag, 1st with 60 points, sat 46 points above Köpetdag Aşgabat (8th, 14). Scoring rates set the scale: Köpetdag Aşgabat 0.95 scored and 1.9 conceded per game, Arkadag 4.1 and 0.6, with the league averaging 1.65.
Köpetdag Aşgabat had gone 6 games without a win. Arkadag entered with 15 wins in a row, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Köpetdag Aşgabat had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Arkadag, 15.
11 meetings are on record — 0 won by Köpetdag Aşgabat, 10 by Arkadag, 1 drawn, at 4.73 goals per meeting. 91% of the meetings finished with three goals or more.
Köpetdag Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.