FERGANA, Uzbekistan (Interstat) — Lok. Tashkent scored three first-half goals and added another while holding off Neftchi Fargona 4-2 on Tuesday in a global football match at Stadion Istiqlol. The game took place at Stadion Istiqlol in Fergana. Neftchi Fargona was the home team, and Lok. Tashkent was the visiting team. Lok. Tashkent scored 4 goals total, and Neftchi Fargona scored 2 goals total. Lok. Tashkent’s season record in this competition is now 1 win and 0 losses. Neftchi Fargona’s season record in this competition is now 0 wins and 1 loss. Lok. Tashkent’s season record across all competitions is now 2 wins, 0 losses and 1 draw. Neftchi Fargona’s season record across all competitions is now 1 win and 2 losses. Lok. Tashkent entered after a scoreless draw with Nasaf Qarshi and a 3-2 win at Sogdiana. Neftchi Fargona entered after a 4-2 win at Kokand 1912 and a 3-1 loss at Al Nassr. Neftchi Fargona next plays at Pakhtakor in the Super League.

The game’s most consequential stretch came before halftime, when scoring swung repeatedly. Bilol Tupliyev put Lok. Tashkent ahead in the 25th minute. Jasur Jakhshibaev made it 2-0 in the 34th. Neftchi Fargona answered in the 37th through Khurshid Giyosov. Diyor Turopov restored Lok. Tashkent’s two-goal advantage in the 44th, and Abror Izmailov pulled Neftchi Fargona back within one in the 45th. Jakhshibaev finished with two goals, while Tupliyev and Turopov each scored once for Lok. Tashkent. Giyosov and Izmailov scored for Neftchi Fargona. The goal log listed the goals in that order, and the first half included goals from Tupliyev, Jakhshibaev, Giyosov, Turopov and Izmailov. The listed scoring sequence moved from 1-0 to 2-0, then 2-1, then 3-1, then 3-2 before Lok. Tashkent completed its four-goal total.

Jasur Jakhshibaev of Lok. Tashkent had a statline of 76 minutes and two goals. Abror Izmailov of Neftchi Fargona had 67 minutes and one goal. Diyor Turopov of Lok. Tashkent had 67 minutes and one goal. Khurshid Giyosov of Neftchi Fargona had 46 minutes and one goal. Bilol Tupliyev of Lok. Tashkent had 57 minutes and one goal. Those were the key performances listed for the match, in descending order of importance.

Neftchi Fargona’s I. Alibaev was shown the first yellow card of the match in the 63rd minute. K. Kouao was shown a yellow card in the 69th minute. Lok. Tashkent’s M. Reimov was booked in the 74th minute. Ratinho was booked in the 90+2 minute. An unnamed Lok. Tashkent player was booked in the 90+3. V. Jovovic was booked in the 90+5. The yellow-card log listed six bookings in all, in order of occurrence. The substitution log listed Neftchi Fargona changes in the 46th minute involving K. Giyosov, I. Yuldoshev and S. Perica. Lok. Tashkent made changes in the 57th minute involving S. Shodiboev and B. Tupliyev. In the 67th minute, Neftchi Fargona’s A. Ismoilov and Lok. Tashkent’s D. Turopov were listed. Neftchi Fargona’s I. Alibaev was listed in the 75th minute. Lok. Tashkent’s J. Yakhshiboev and S. Mirzaev were listed in the 76th minute. The substitution log listed ten changes in all, in order of occurrence. The match data listed six yellow cards and ten substitutions in all.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Neftchi Fargona 1, Lok. Tashkent 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Neftchi Fargona with a 93.4 percent probability to win. The total score of 6 went under the over/under line of 2.5.