About Match
The table gap is wide: 29 points between Istiqlol Dushanbe (1st, 34 pts) and Istaravshan (12th, 5 pts). Against a league average of 1.3 goals per team per game, Istiqlol Dushanbe run at 1.33 scored and 0.27 conceded, Istaravshan at 0.86 and 2.
Istiqlol Dushanbe have won three straight. A win has eluded Istaravshan for 15 matches. The five-game form split reads 12/15 points for Istiqlol Dushanbe against 2/15 for Istaravshan.
5 meetings are on record — 4 won by Istiqlol Dushanbe, 0 by Istaravshan, 1 drawn, at 3.6 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 40% of the wins in this matchup. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.