Match Report
20 points separated the sides: Navbakhor 4th on 43, Metallurg 13th on 23. Metallurg's recent output outran their position: 4th on form over five rounds, 13th in the table.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 3 Navbakhor wins, 2 for Metallurg, 1 draw, at 2.5 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 83% of the meetings won by the home side. Goals tend to flow: 67% of the meetings produced three or more.
T. Suyunov took charge of the match — our records show 11 games refereed with an average of 1.7 yellow cards per game. The venue was Markaziy Stadion in Namangan, with room for 17,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.