Match Report
Pakhtakor, 6th with 38 points, sat 15 points above Metallurg (13th, 23). The last five rounds placed Metallurg 4th in the league for form — higher than their 13th in the standings. Per game in the league, Metallurg were scoring 0.85 and conceding 1.15, Pakhtakor 1.62 and 1.42, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
Metallurg had gone 15 games without a win.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 0 Metallurg wins, 5 for Pakhtakor, 0 draws, at 4.2 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 100% of the meetings had three or more.
Metallurg Markaziy Stadion staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,520. On the scoreboard, Pakhtakor led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 3-2.
Goal scorers
Metallurg: Khudoyshukur Sattorov (66'), Zabikhillo Urinboev (72'), Marko Milickovic (90') · Pakhtakor: Abdulla Abdullaev (90'), Dragan Ceran (4')
Key stats
Possession: Metallurg 32% · Pakhtakor 68% · Total shots: 7-12 · On target: 5-5 · Corners: 1-7