Match Report
Turkmenistan and Hong Kong went into the game level on 2 points, 3rd against 4th in the table. Turkmenistan ranked just 57th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Per game in the league, Turkmenistan were scoring 0.67 and conceding 2.33, Hong Kong 0.67 and 2.5, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
Turkmenistan had been beaten in four straight games. Eight consecutive defeats weighed on Hong Kong.
It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.