The league schedule was announced Friday by the Uzbek Pro-League.

Only 14 clubs are in the fray this year without the two relegated sides of Sogidana and Bukhara.

No club has been promoted to the top-flight this season as the reserves of Bunyodkor and Mashal, who are already in the first division, won the second division titles.

In other first round encounters, Neftchi travel to Lokomotiv, Nasaf host Shurtan, Kyzylkum take on Metallurg, Dynamo go up against Khorezm, Navbahor lock horns with Mashal, and Andijan clash with Almalyk.