Match Report
The table read 8th (Köpetdag Aşgabat, 11 pts) against 6th (Aşgabat, 13 pts), 2 points apart. Köpetdag Aşgabat ranked 4th in the league on five-round form, well above their 8th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Köpetdag Aşgabat 0.93 scored and 1.93 conceded per game, Aşgabat 1.2 and 2.2, with the league averaging 1.55.
Aşgabat entered with three wins in a row.
Across 10 recorded meetings, Köpetdag Aşgabat have 1 win to Aşgabat's 5, with 4 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 10% of meetings won. These meetings skew tight — only 30% saw more than two goals.
Köpetdag Stadium, capacity 10,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.