About Match
The table reads 1st (Bunyodkor, 9 pts) against 2nd (Lokomotiv, 4 pts), 5 points apart. Lokomotiv rank just 16th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Per game in the league, Bunyodkor score 2.67 and conceding 0.33, Lokomotiv 2.33 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.98 goals per team per game.
Eight consecutive defeats weigh on Bunyodkor. The last-five ledger: Bunyodkor 0/15, Lokomotiv 10/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 12 games: 4 Bunyodkor wins, 4 for Lokomotiv, 4 draws, at 2.92 goals per meeting. Only 42% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 75% of the meetings.
The venue is JAR Stadium in Tashkent, with room for 10,000 spectators.