Tractor Sazi vs Neftchi 2-2

Tractor Sazi and Neftchi drew 2-2 in Muscat, with both sides scoring late after the game swung one way and then the other. Masoud Kazemayni scored a stoppage-time equaliser to deny Neftchi after Vladimir Jovović had put them back in front.

The first half finished goalless. Half-time was 0-0.

Neftchi went ahead in the 55th minute when Stipe Perica scored from Abrorbek ismoilov's pass, a goal that came a minute after Perica had come on and six minutes after ismoilov had entered the match. Tractor Sazi were reduced to ten men in the 61st minute when Farshad Faraji was sent off. They still found an equaliser on 82 minutes, with Tomislav Štrkalj scoring from Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh's pass after coming on in the 37th minute. Neftchi restored their lead in the fourth minute of stoppage time through Jovović, set up by Jamshid Iskanderov, who had come on at half-time. Tractor Sazi salvaged a point in the ninth minute of stoppage time when Kazemayni, introduced in the 84th minute, scored from Hosseinzadeh's assist to make it 2-2.

The numbers pointed to a Neftchi edge in the final third, with 51% possession, 19 shots and 8 on target to Tractor Sazi's 49%, 8 shots and 3 on target. Neftchi also had more corners, 7-3, and a higher expected goals figure at 2.4 against 0.42, while Tractor Sazi needed 6 saves compared with Neftchi's 1. Tractor Sazi made 495 passes to Neftchi's 492, but the visitors' shot volume and chance quality were stronger.

Tractor Sazi had one red card, Faraji's dismissal in the 61st minute. Neftchi's only booking was for Yan Medeiros Sasse in the 78th minute.