Match Report
Qizilqum went into the game 11th in the table on 27 points; Metallurg sat 13th on 23 — a 4-point gap. Recent form flatters Metallurg's table spot — 4th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 13th. Per game in the league, Qizilqum were scoring 0.96 and conceding 1.31, Metallurg 0.85 and 1.15, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
Qizilqum had not won in 6 games.
6 meetings are on record — 2 won by Qizilqum, 2 by Metallurg, 2 drawn, at 1.5 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 33% of the wins in this fixture. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 17% of the meetings.
The venue was Yoshlar Sport Majmuasi in Navoiy, with room for 5,000 spectators. S. Nasibullayev took charge of the match — our records show 44 games refereed with an average of 0.9 yellow cards per game. Qizilqum led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Qizilqum: Elguja Lobjanidze (2')