Previously, the football teams of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan had met in 2013. At that time, the Tajikistan team won with a score of 4:1. The match itself was held in a tense atmosphere and nearly ended in a mass brawl.
Already in the 8th minute of the first half, Kyrgyzstan player Azamat Baymatov scored a goal against the opponents from Tajikistan. In the second half, in the 67th minute, the 21st number of the Tajikistan team, N. Djalilov, scored a goal against the Kyrgyzstan team. Just three minutes later, the players from Tajikistan successfully converted a free kick (penalty) into the Kyrgyzstan goal, bringing the score to 1:2 in their favor.
In the last minute of added time after the second half, Kyrgyzstan forward Anton Zemlyanukhin successfully converted a penalty, equalizing the score to 2:2.
As a result of five rounds, Australia leads the group with nine points out of nine possible. Jordan is in second place (7 points), followed by the teams of Kyrgyzstan (5 points), Tajikistan (2 points), and Bangladesh (1 point).