Bunyodkor 0:1 Kokand-1912: Match Result

Match report

Kokand-1912 beat Bunyodkor 1:0 in the Superliga's eighteenth round on Wednesday, taking all three points from a match where the hosts controlled the tempo but could not find the net. The visitors opened the scoring early and then held firm for the remaining eighty-seven minutes, a result that keeps them level on points with their opponents while widening the gap at the bottom of the table. S. Gvazava struck at the third minute, a moment that shaped everything that followed. He collected the ball, moved into space, and finished with a touch that left the Bunyodkor keeper with no chance. To be fair, it was not a spectacular goal, but it was enough to put the visitors ahead and force the home side to chase the game from the opening exchanges. Bunyodkor responded with volume rather than precision. They registered 106 attacks against 78, held 63 per cent of possession, and fired ten shots at goal — three on target — yet could not convert any of their chances. The ball moved between players but never quite reached the decisive moment; by then, the visitors had dropped deeper and made the final third difficult to navigate. Kokand-1912 accepted the role of underdog and played accordingly. D. Pletnev picked up a yellow card in the fifty-eighth minute as the visitors tightened around their penalty area, while Gvazava received a booking in the sixtieth after a challenge that looked more about frustration than danger. The away side won 11 free kicks to 12, which tells you something about the physical nature of the contest as Bunyodkor looked for an equaliser. The substitutions came in waves, with Bunyodkor bringing on five players between the seventy-third and eighty-ninth minutes in a bid to change the complexion of the match. Kokand-1912 made three changes, primarily to preserve energy and maintain their defensive shape. The hosts threw more balls into the box — 23 throw-ins compared to 19 — but could not create clear-cut opportunities from the wide areas. The result leaves both sides on 19 points, though Bunyodkor have played one more game and sit fifteenth while Kokand-1912 remain fourteenth. For the visitors, it ends a run of mixed results and provides a morale boost; for Bunyodkor, it adds to a string of defeats that now includes five losses in their last five matches, a streak that has them running out of room for error.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 63 – 37

Shots on target 3 – 2

Shots off target 7 – 5

Attacks 106 – 78

⚽ 3' S. Gvazava — Goal 🟨 27' A. Toshtemirov — Yellow card ⇄ 46' A. Bobomurodov — Substitution 🟨 58' D. Pletnev — Yellow card 🟨 60' S. Gvazava — Yellow card ⇄ 73' S. Gadoev — Substitution ⇄ 81' S. Abdunabiev — Substitution ⇄ 83' J. Sidikov — Substitution ⇄ 83' A. Toshtemirov — Substitution ⇄ 83' M. Khasanov — Substitution ⇄ 87' S. Tursunmahammadov — Substitution ⇄ 88' D. Pletnev — Substitution ⇄ 89' S. Akromov — Substitution

Match events

3' 0:1 Kokand-1912 Goal S. Gvazava
27' 0:1 Kokand-1912 Yellow card A. Toshtemirov
46' 0:1 Bunyodkor Substitution A. Bobomurodov off: F. Muhammadov
58' 0:1 Bunyodkor Yellow card D. Pletnev
60' 0:1 Kokand-1912 Yellow card S. Gvazava
73' 0:1 Kokand-1912 Substitution S. Gadoev off: I. Malikdzhonov
81' 0:1 Bunyodkor Substitution S. Abdunabiev off: A. Sulaymonov
83' 0:1 Kokand-1912 Substitution J. Sidikov off: Y. Kondratyuk
83' 0:1 Kokand-1912 Substitution A. Toshtemirov off: G. Gulyamov
83' 0:1 Kokand-1912 Substitution M. Khasanov off: J. Khusanov
87' 0:1 Bunyodkor Substitution S. Tursunmahammadov off: M. Annamatov
88' 0:1 Bunyodkor Substitution D. Pletnev off: A. Mirfayziyev
89' 0:1 Kokand-1912 Substitution S. Akromov off: Z. Khakimov

Statistics

63 Possession, % 37

3 Shots on target 2

7 Shots off target 5

106 Attacks 78

7 Corners 3

12 Free kicks 11

1 Offsides 1

1 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 11

23 Throw-ins 19

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