About Match
46 points for Pakhtakor (2nd), 48 for Neftchi (1st): a 2-point gap. Neftchi rank just 5th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. In league terms the two rates read 1.76/0.9 for Pakhtakor and 2.33/0.81 for Neftchi (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.32. If Pakhtakor win, their total rises to 49 and up to 1st, overtaking Neftchi, assuming the rest of the results stand.
The sides have met 9 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Pakhtakor, 2 draws and 2 for Neftchi, at 1.67 goals per meeting. Only 22% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Paxtakor Markaziy Stadion in Tashkent stages the fixture, a ground that holds 35,000.