Match Report
21 points for Uzbekistan (2nd), 16 for Qatar (1st): a 5-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Qatar: only 43rd in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Against a league average of 1.4 goals per team per game, Uzbekistan ran at 1.4 scored and 0.7 conceded, Qatar at 3 and 0.5.
Uzbekistan had not lost in 5 games.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Uzbekistan 2, draws 1, Qatar 2, at 3.6 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 80% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
Milliy Stadion in Tashkent staged the fixture, a ground that holds 34,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Uzbekistan led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-0.