The final games of the 10th round of the Turkmenistan-2026 football championship among major league clubs presented the fans with completely different scenarios, but extremely important from the point of view of the standings of the confrontation.
Ahal confidently scored three points on the road, while Ashgabat retained a minimal advantage at home.Ahal was a guest of Merv in Mary on this tour.The first half was held in a tight battle, where the home team successfully held off the attacks of the guests.
However, in the opening of the second half of the meeting, Ahal managed to crack the defence of the Mary.In the 52nd minute, Suleyman Mirzoyev coolly converted a penalty, opening the scoring in the match.
This goal broke the game of Merv, and after 8 minutes Magtymberdi Berenov doubled the advantage of the guests.Towards the end of the match, in the 84th minute, Yakupmuhammet Govshudov brought the score to a crushing one.
Merv did not give up and at the very end of the match, in the 90th minute, squeezed out a prestige goal thanks to the efforts of Ezizmammet Orazmammedov.
The final whistle recorded a confident 3-1 away victory for Ahal.Thanks to this success, the vice-champion of the country Ahal scored 20 points and rose to the second place in the standings, continuing the pursuit of Arkadag, which was without losses with 30 points.
In another match, in which Ashgabat hosted the Balkanabat Nebichi at the Nisa home arena, the hosts bet on a quick goal and did not lose.Already in the 16th minute, precise strike of Nurulla Raimbayev put Ashgabat ahead 1-0.
After the missed ball, Nebichi tried to seize the initiative and level the situation.The rest of the match was held in a viscous and uncompromising struggle on every part of the field.
Ashgabat played with maximum discipline in defence, kept their gates locked and kept the minimum winning score.Having won for the second time in a row, the team of Tofik Shukurov reduced the gap to 3 points from Nebichi, which was in sixth place with 10 points.
There have been minor changes in the dispute of bomber.Ahal striker Suleyman Mirzoyev, who converted a penalty in this round, scored his 6th goal and, thus, reduced to 3 goals the gap between Arkadag striker Didar Durdyyev, who heads the list of snipers.
Closes the top three goalscorers with 5 goals (2 from penalties) Serdar Gulyyev from Shagadam.The 11th round of the Turkmenistan football championship among major league clubs starts on the 30th of May with the matches: Ashgabat Merv, Nebichi - Kopetdag, Shagadam - Arkadag.
And it will end with a principled confrontation between the contenders for medals Altyn Asyr and Ahal.