Match Report
11 points and 3 places separated them: Buxoro 4th with 34, Neftchi 1st with 45. Scoring rates set the scale: Buxoro 1.47 scored and 1.05 conceded per game, Neftchi 2.37 and 0.53, with the league averaging 1.3.
Neftchi were unbeaten in 6.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Buxoro 2, draws 3, Neftchi 4, at 1.56 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 22% of the meetings went over two goals.
F. Norsafarov officiated: 32 games logged, averaging 0.8 yellow cards each. The venue was Buxoro Sport Majmuasi, with room for 25,520 spectators. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 4-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Buxoro: Sherzod Esanov (37'), Sherzod Esanov (46'), Temur Mamasidikov (75'), Vladimir Rodic (90') · Neftchi: Nurmukhammad Abduganiev (45')
Key stats
Possession: Buxoro 43% · Neftchi 57% · Total shots: 10-14 · On target: 5-5 · Corners: 3-5