Uche Iheroume and Zayniddin Tajiev made hat-trick, while Rinat Bayramov scored double. Temur Kapadze, Kamoliddin Tajiev and Alexander Geinrikh were also on target for defending champions. Tashkent club set record of Uzbek Premier League on number of scored goals per game. Earlier, the record was 10 goals per game, which was registered in 1992 and 2006.

Metallurg, Navbakhor and Samarqand-Dinamo registered 2-1 victories over Nasaf, Shortan and Bukhara respectively. Locomotive lost to Andijan with narrow 1-0 score at home.

Mashal beat Topalang with the score 3-0, while Neftchi recorded 4-1 over Vobkent.

STANDING: Pakhtakor – 75, Quruvchi – 65, Mashal – 63, Neftchi – 57 and Samarqand-Dinamo – 44.