Al Quwa Al Jawiya vs Pakhtakor 1-0

Al Quwa Al Jawiya beat Pakhtakor 1-0 in Baghdad after Abdulameer scored in the 70th minute. Pakhtakor had more of the ball and the better of the numbers, but left without a goal.

The first half finished 0-0. Pakhtakor had a penalty overturned by VAR in the 20th minute, then Abdurauf Buriev was booked in the 31st.

Al Quwa Al Jawiya held on until Abdulameer, set up by Acheref Boudrama, opened the scoring in the 70th minute. The home side had already sent on Mohammad Sami for Ali Saad in the 63rd minute and Mujtaba Muhsen for Abbas Adil Neamah Al Chnani a minute later. After the goal, Pakhtakor made a double change in the 81st minute, with Dostonbek Khamdamov replacing Ibrokhim Ibrokhimov and Stephen Chinedu coming on for Flamarion Jovino Filho. Al Quwa Al Jawiya then made two more changes in the 79th minute, bringing on Mohanad Jeahze for Moses Orkuma and A. Okpotu for Mohammad Jawad, before Karar Ali Hassan replaced Abdulameer in the 88th minute to see out the win.

Pakhtakor had 57% possession, 430 passes and 10 corners to Al Quwa Al Jawiya's 43%, 316 and 4. They also had 13 shots to 9, while Al Quwa Al Jawiya finished with 2 on target to Pakhtakor's 1 and both sides ended with 1 save. Expected goals were 1.06 to 0.38, and the foul count was close at 13 to 12.

Abdurauf Buriev was booked in the 31st minute and Sardor Sabirkhodjaev in the 78th for Pakhtakor. Acheref Boudrama was shown a yellow card in the 82nd minute for Al Quwa Al Jawiya.