About Match
On paper the standings are lopsided — Pakhtakor 2nd with 46 points, Sogdiana 10th with 28, 18 apart. Sogdiana rank 3rd in the league on five-round form, well above their 10th table position. Against a league average of 1.32 goals per team per game, Pakhtakor run at 1.76 scored and 0.9 conceded, Sogdiana at 1.76 and 1.95. Victory would move Pakhtakor to 49 points and up to 1st, with other results unchanged.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 6 Pakhtakor wins, 4 for Sogdiana, 0 draws, at 2.7 goals per meeting. Only 30% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The venue is Paxtakor Markaziy Stadion in Tashkent, with room for 35,000 spectators.