The postponed match of the 20th round, which started the third round of the Turkmenistan Football Championship among the clubs of the top league, ended with the victory of FK Arkadag over FK Ashgabat 4:0, The Turkmenistan: Golden age electronic newspaper reports.

The opening match of the third round, in which the nominal hosts were the Arkadag football players, took place at the capital's Nisa stadium. In the first half, FK Ashgabat tried to contain the attacks of the leader of the national championship, conceding only one goal. However, after the break, the advantage of the winner of the 2024/25 AFC Challenge League was embodied in three more goals. The hero of the meeting was striker Altymyrat Annadurdyyev, who scored three goals in the 18th, 47th and 62nd minutes. This is already the second hat-trick in the current championship for the 32-year-old forward of the national team of Turkmenistan. Another goal in this match was scored by Shamammet Hydyrov, who hit the goal of FK Ashgabat in the 77th minute of the match.

After this game, Altymyrat Annadurdyyev topped the list of scorers with 13 goals (1 from a penalty). His teammate Begench Akmamedov scored 12 goals (1 from a penalty).

Having won the 15th consecutive victory in the 2025 Turkmenistan Championship, FK Arkadag strengthened its lead with 45 points.

In the autumn of 2025, «Arkadag», as the winner of the AFC Challenge League, will take part in the group stage of the AFC Champions League-2. Its opponents in the group tournament will be determined during the draw, which will take place on the 15th of August.