About Match
The table gap is wide: 30 points between Buxoro (5th, 34 pts) and Mash'al (16th, 4 pts). Recent form tells a different story for Buxoro: only 10th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Scoring rates set the scale: Buxoro 1.48 scored and 1.29 conceded per game, Mash'al 0.48 and 2, with the league averaging 1.32. A win would lift Buxoro to 37 points and up to 4th (other results unchanged).
Eight consecutive defeats weigh on Mash'al. From the last five rounds, Buxoro hold 7 points of 15 and Mash'al 0.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Buxoro, 3 draws and 3 for Mash'al, at 0.88 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 13% of meetings won. These meetings skew tight — only 13% saw more than two goals.
The venue is Buxoro Sport Majmuasi in Bukhara, with room for 25,520 spectators.