Arkadag footballers secured a decisive and decisive victory over the «Kopetdag» of Ashgabat with a score of 5:0 in a rescheduled match of the 28^th round of the Turkmenistan Premier League Championship.

The meeting took place at the stadium in the Babarap geneshlik of the Gokdepe etrap of the Ahal velayat.

«Arkadag» held the advantage throughout the entire game, with key events occurring in the middle of the first half and the beginning of the second half. Defender Abdy Bashimov opened the scoring in the 33^rd minute.

After the break, the home team launched a real assault on the goal of the capital team. The real heroes of the second half were Begench Akmammedov and Meylis Diniyev, each of whom scored a brace. Akmammedov scored in the 50^th and 63^rd minutes, and Diniyev in the 52^nd and 68^th.

Initially, this match was scheduled for the 29^th of November. However, the organisers moved the game forward to give «Arkadag» the opportunity to fully prepare for the crucial away match of the AFC-2 Champions League, where the Turkmen club will face «Al-Jazeera» from the United Arab Emirates.

Let us remind that the team from the city of the same name, a city of national importance, has already secured itself from the championship intrigue. «Arkadag» secured its fourth Turkmenistan championship title ahead of schedule, five rounds before the end of the tournament, defeating «Ahal» 4-0 in a rescheduled match of the 23^rd round.

Despite the fact that attacking leader of the «Arkadag», Didar Durdyyev, did not score any goals in the match against «Kopetdag», he continues to confidently lead the list of top scorers of the national championship with 22 goals (4 of them from penalties). The second line in the list of scorers is occupied by the player of the club «Ahal» Suleyman Mirzoyev, who has scored 10 goals (2 from penalties).