Match Report
20 points separated the sides: Sogdiana 3rd on 43, Metallurg 13th on 23. Metallurg ranked 4th in the league on five-round form, well above their 13th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Sogdiana 1.58 scored and 1.12 conceded per game, Metallurg 0.85 and 1.15, with the league averaging 1.26.
Metallurg's winless run stood at 12. The five-game form split read 12/15 points for Sogdiana against 3/15 for Metallurg.
5 meetings are on record — 2 won by Sogdiana, 2 by Metallurg, 1 drawn, at 1.6 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 20% of the wins in this matchup. Historically tight: 20% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
So'g'diyona Sport Majmuasi in Jizzax, capacity 11,650, hosted the game. A. Rakhimov took charge of the match — our records show 9 games refereed with an average of 1.2 yellow cards per game. Sogdiana led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-2 full-time score.