Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Navbakhor 3rd with 37 points, Mash'al 16th with 4, 33 apart. In league terms the two rates read 0.42/1.79 for Mash'al and 1.63/0.89 for Navbakhor (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.3.
Defeat had followed defeat for Mash'al — five in succession. Navbakhor came in having won four on the spin, having scored in 10 consecutive games. Over the last five, Mash'al had taken 0 of 15 points to Navbakhor's 13.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 0 for Mash'al, 3 for Navbakhor and 2 drawn, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings.
The match was played at Stadion im. Bahrom Vafoyev (capacity 10,000). On the scoreboard, Navbakhor led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-2.
Goal scorers
Navbakhor: Jasurbek Jaloliddinov (20'), Shokhrukh Abdurakhmonov (68')
Key stats
Possession: Mash'al 44% · Navbakhor 56% · Total shots: 5-23 · On target: 3-11 · Corners: 4-7