The 23^rd round of the Turkmenistan football championship turned out to be rich in the derby, which started with three matches in Mary, Ashgabat and Turkmenbashi.

In the Mary derby, for the fourth time this season, Merv and Energetik played against each other. The first two matches ended with the victory of "Merv" - 2:1 and 1:0. It is noteworthy that all three goals of the winners in these matches were scored by Alibek Abdurakhmanov.

In the third match, Energetik took revenge with a score of 1:0.

The fourth derby was rich in goals. At the 15^th minute, Alibek Abdurakhmanov opened the scoring. At the 22^nd - Orazberdy Muradov increased the advantage of "Merv" to 2:0. In the 34^th minute, thanks to an own goal by Begench Alamov, Energetik played back one goal. However, two minutes later, Alibek Abdurakhmanov restored the gap in the score to two goals from the penalty spot - 3:1. In the 61^st minute, Ruslan Priev reduced the advantage of the home team to a minimum - 3:2. And in the 72^nd minute, Alibek Abdurakhmanov scored a hat-trick, bringing Merv a victory - 4:2.

It is noteworthy that in four matches of the current championship, Merv scored 7 goals against Energetik, and 6 of them were scored by Alibek Abdurakhmanov, who, after a hat-trick, led the list of scorers with 20 goals (5 from penalties). 19 goals scored (3 - from the penalty spot) in the asset of Didar Durdyev ("Akhal"). Begench Akmamedov (Kopetdag) closes the top three top scorers with 17 goals (3 from penalties).

Begench Akmamedov scored the 17^th goal in the capital derby against Ashgabat, converting a penalty in the 69^th minute. By this time, Kopetdag was losing - 0:1 after an accurate shot in the 60^th minute by Merdan Muhadov. In the remaining time, the score did not change, and as a result, the game ended in a draw - 1:1. Both teams finished the match with incomplete squads after the mutual removal of Shamamed Hydyrov (Kopetdag) and Pirmurad Sultanov (Ashgabat) in the 43^rd minute.

After this game "Kopetdag" with 32 points was 7 points behind the third-placed "Merv".

The draw of "Kopetdag" was fully taken advantage of by the Turkmenbashi "Shagadam", which, after a home victory over the Balkanabat "Nebitchi" - 4:1 to 1 point reduced the backlog from the team of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan.

The fate of the Balkan derby was decided in the first half, when four unanswered goals were scored to the guests. First, Ihlas Magtymov (7^th minute) and Mekan Ashirov (18^th) each scored a goal, and then Kerim Hojaberdiyev scored a double (27^th and 44^th). Nebitchi's final goal in stoppage time was scored thanks to an accurate strike in the 92^nd minute by Serdar Tukiev.

The 23^rd round of the Turkmenistan Football Championship will end with the match between Ahal and Altyn Asyr. This will be the fourth match of the leaders in the current national championship. Meetings of the first and third rounds ended in a draw, respectively - 1:1 and 0:0, and in the game of the second round, "Akhal" won - 2:1.

Recall that before the final derby, the team of the Main Department "Turkmennebitonumleri" with 60 points is 11 points ahead of the second-placed "Altyn Asyr".