On August 16, the third round of the Turkmenistan Football Championship started with a match between the teams "Ahal" and "Ashgabat". The game took place at the Nisa stadium in the capital and ended with a convincing 3-0 victory for Ahal.

The author of the first goal was Meylis Dineyev, who opened the scoring already in the 6th minute. In the 55th minute, Elman Tagayev doubled his team's advantage, and Hakmuhamet Byashimov put the final point in the match in the 78th minute.

This victory allowed Ahal to score 37 points and equalize with the Altyn Asyr team, which ranks second in the Major League standings. Recall that the match of Altyn Asyr against Merv was postponed to another date due to the club's participation in the preliminary round of the AFC-2 Champions League.

Ashgabat, with 16 points in the asset, remains in the sixth position of the standings.

On August 17, two more matches of the 19th round of the championship will be held: Arkadag will host Shagadam, and Nebitchi will meet Kopetdag.