About Match
Merw go into the game 5th in the table on 14 points; Köpetdag Aşgabat sit 8th on 11 — a 3-point gap. Köpetdag Aşgabat rank 4th in the league on five-round form, well above their 8th table position. Per game in the league, Merw score 1.13 and conceding 2.47, Köpetdag Aşgabat 0.93 and 1.93, against a competition average of 1.55 goals per team per game. Victory would move Merw to 17 points and up to 4th, with other results unchanged.
Köpetdag Aşgabat's winless run stands at 5.
9 meetings are on record — 4 won by Merw, 4 by Köpetdag Aşgabat, 1 drawn, at 2.67 goals per meeting. 67% of these meetings ended in a home win.