Gasalkent thrashed host club Республика Фа 7-0 in the Pro-Liga A regular season opener on 4 August 2026, a result that leaves the visitors eight points clear of their hosts in the table. The visitors arrived knowing they had a point to prove after a recent 0-2 defeat to Aral, and they did not waste the opportunity. By then, you could sense the visitors wanted to send a message, and the scoreboard reflected it within the first half-hour. To be fair, the hosts had only played sixteen games compared to Gasalkent's eighteen, but that is no excuse for the manner in which the game unravelled.
The visitors struck first through A. Abdullaev in the tenth minute, a goal that came without fuss but carried weight. Republic FA struggled to respond, and the pressure told when L. Mirzaev doubled the deficit on the stroke of half-time with a 45+3rd minute finish. Then came the first red card — O. Odiljonov was sent off in the 53rd minute, leaving the hosts to play the second half a man up and a man short. And here's the thing: once you lose a player like that, everything changes. The hosts got dragged out of position, and Gasalkent punished them with a penalty converted by E. Turgunov in the 55th minute.
The chaos deepened in the 58th minute when two more players were dismissed — O. Najmiddinov and L. Mirzaev both saw red. Three red cards in a single match is unusual, and the hosts simply could not cope with the numerical disadvantage compounded by their own indiscipline. Gasalkent took full advantage, with Abdullaev netting his second in the 64th minute to extend the lead to five goals. The visitors kept them in it, but barely — Republic FA had nothing left to offer after that double dismissal.
Sadirjonov added two goals in the closing stages, the first in the 70th minute and the second on 90+3rd minute, while Aliyev scored in the 87th to round off the scoring. The hosts had already conceded their dignity by the 60th minute, and the remaining thirty minutes were merely a formality. There were no substitutions listed, which suggests the game had long since lost any competitive edge. The visitors fancy their chances going forward, but this was less a match and more a statement.
The result leaves Gasalkent in eighth place with 28 points from eighteen games, while Республика FA sit 11th with 16 points from sixteen matches. The gap between them is now eight points, and the hosts have only four wins to their name this season. The recent form of the visitors — a 2-1 win over Пахтакор II and a 2-0 victory against Шортан — suggests they are finding their rhythm. The hosts, meanwhile, have lost four of their last five games. It is a harsh day for the home side, but seven goals conceded is a result that speaks for itself.