Pakhtakor vs Al-Qadisiyah FC 1-1

Pakhtakor and Al-Qadisiyah FC shared the points after a 1-1 draw in Tashkent, with Dostonbek Khamdamov’s penalty on 89 minutes rescuing the home side after Tijjani Reijnders had put the visitors ahead. VAR also ruled out a Pakhtakor goal just before half-time.

Al-Qadisiyah FC went in front in the 35th minute when Reijnders scored from Christopher Bonsu Baah’s assist for 1-0. Pakhtakor thought they had equalised on 45 minutes through Stephen Chinedu, but VAR ruled the goal out. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The visitors made two changes on 69 minutes, replacing Musab Al-Juwayr with Mohammed Hamad Al-Qahtani and Ali Badra Diabaté with Yasir Al-Shahrani. Pakhtakor made three changes on 77 minutes, with Oybek Bozorov on for Flamarion Jovino Filho, Aymen Hussein for Stephen Chinedu and Dostonbek Khamdamov among the replacements for Bashar Resan. Khamdamov, who came on in the 77th minute, won and converted the penalty after a VAR check confirmed it in the 84th minute, making it 1-1. Al-Qadisiyah FC then sent on Abdullah Al-Salem for Mateo Retegui on 90 minutes, while Pakhtakor’s stoppage-time change saw Akmal Mozgovoy replaced by Ibrokhim Ibrokhimov on 90+3 minutes.

Al-Qadisiyah FC had 54% of the ball and 509 passes to Pakhtakor’s 437, but the home side had more shots, 18-15, more shots on target, 4-3, and a slightly higher xG of 1.73 to 1.51. The visitors also won more corners, 7-4, while Pakhtakor had more offsides, 5-2, and both goalkeepers made saves, with Pakhtakor recording 2 and Al-Qadisiyah FC 3.

There was one booking apiece: Akmal Mozgovoy for Pakhtakor on 33 minutes and Ali Badra Diabaté for Al-Qadisiyah FC on 62 minutes. No red cards were shown.