QOʻQON, Uzbekistan (Interstat) — PFK Qoʻqon-1912 opened its season with a 1-0 victory over PFK Soʻgʻdiyona in the Uzbek Super League on Sunday at Markaziy Stadion. The lone goal came from midfielder Shahzod Akramov in the 25th minute. The match was defined by an early red card shown to Soʻgʻdiyona’s Islom Qobilov in the 10th minute, forcing the visitors to play a man down for the majority of the game. Despite the numerical disadvantage, Soʻgʻdiyona held on until stoppage time, when a second Qoʻqon-1912 goal was scored by Yegor Kondratyuk. The result defied a pregame projection that had forecast a 1-1 draw.