Round two of the Premier League campaign and the teams have digested the first game. Here's the best Araz - Qabala preview:
The visiting Qabala played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match. That game was also an away game, at Sabah. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Araz form and stats
The previous season, Araz's league statistics were 22 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, providing 1st position in the Birinci Dasta. Over these 28 matches they scored {69 goals} and let in 22. Appearing as the home team in the former season Araz produced 12-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with {41 goals} and 7 conceded. The home fans saw their team lose the first Premier League game of the season here at İbrahimxəlil Axundlu adına Naxçıvan şəhər stadionu. Last season these fans witnessed 12 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses from Araz's 14 home games.
The Araz crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Turan here at İbrahimxəlil Axundlu adına Naxçıvan şəhər stadionu.
Ahead of that match, Araz won a home game hosting Zaqatala (2-0).At İbrahimxəlil Axundlu adına Naxçıvan şəhər stadionu, Araz has the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Qabala form and stats
Let's have a look at how Qabala performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 11 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded {47 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 7 and lost 6 with 25/26 goals scored/conceded. Qabala have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League were 5 victories, 7 draws and 6 defeats from 18 fixtures.
Qabala play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-5 to Sabah (placed 1st). Qabala lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
A loss, in the Europa Conference League away at Omonia Nicosia, before that.
{0 goals} so far away for Qabala, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Last three meetings between these sides: Araz won two, Qabala triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.
Araz missing players
Qabala missing players
| Araz | Qabala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Araz | Last season | Qabala | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 69 | 41 | Scored | S | 25 | 47 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 26 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 89% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 81% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 61% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 22% | ||
| 14% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 46% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 61% | ||
| 50% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 22% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 25% | ||
| 0.6 | 1.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 0.2 | 0.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 0.4 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2.7 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 10.9 | ||
| 1.3 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 194% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | ||
| 1.4 | 2.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.1 | ||
| 0.3 | 0.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sabah | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Sumqayt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Turan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Kapaz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Zira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Qarabag | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Neftci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Sebail | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 9 | Araz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 10 | Qabala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Araz | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 69 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 47 | 69 |
| 2 | Neftchi II | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 67 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 35 | 59 |
| 3 | Turan II | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 49 | 37 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 48 |
| 4 | FK Q@b@l@ II | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 44 |
| 5 | Sbail II | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 2 | 44 |
| 6 | Zaqatala | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 48 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 44 |
| 7 | Kapaz II | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 43 |
| 8 | MOIK | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 43 |
| 9 | Qaradag Lokbatan | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| 10 | Kesl II | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 56 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 33 | -16 | 37 |
| 11 | Qarabag II | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 32 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -7 | 31 |
| 12 | Zira II | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -13 | 28 |
| 13 | Sumqayt II | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 36 | 60 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 35 | -24 | 22 |
| 14 | Energetik | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 29 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 27 | -22 | 20 |
| 15 | Mil-Mugan | 28 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 66 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 38 | -45 | 20 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Qarabag | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 91 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 9 | 66 | 90 |
| 2 | Sabah | 36 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 75 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 15 | 51 | 81 |
| 3 | Neftci | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 63 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 25 | 68 |
| 4 | Qabala | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 47 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 0 | 50 |
| 5 | Zira | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 15 | -1 | 50 |
| 6 | Turan | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 49 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -13 | 39 |
| 7 | Kapaz | 36 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 34 | 62 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 37 | -28 | 31 |
| 8 | Sumqayt | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 70 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -44 | 31 |
| 9 | Sebail | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 62 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 40 | -30 | 29 |
| 10 | Kesl FK | 36 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 26 | 52 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -26 | 25 |