It's only the second fixture in the Premier League for these contenders. And it's all to play for here at Bakcell Arena as Neftçi greet Sebail. Don't miss this preview!
Neftçi have less rest than Sebail in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa Conference League game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Bakcell Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sebail have had more rest.
Neftçi form and stats
The previous season, Neftçi's league statistics were 20 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses, results that produced 3rd place in the Premier League. From these 36 matches they scored {63 goals} and conceded 38. Performing as the host team in the former season Neftçi delivered 11-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with {37 goals} and 20 conceded.
The Neftçi club members got no joy from their last match, a Europa Conference League duel also played here at Bakcell Arena: A 1-3 defeat against Besiktas. Makhmudov, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the champion player for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 8.03 (out of 10). Makhmudov hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Kapaz.The manager Mutu will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Besiktas in only three days.
Sebail form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sebail performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 3 draws and 21 defeats. In total they scored 17 and conceded {57 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 2 and lost 11 with 6/33 goals scored/conceded.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Sumqayt with 1-4 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game was the away Club Friendlies 2 victory against Konyaspor with the score of 2-0.Head 2 Head
Neftçi have avoided a loss in the last 16 games (12-4-0) facing Sebail.Top Goalscorers
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Neftçi missing players
Sebail missing players
| Neftçi | Sebail | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Neftçi | Last season | Sebail | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 63 | 37 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 81% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 33% | 39% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 44% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | ||
| 14% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| 41% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 300% | 300% | ||
| 10.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zira | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Sabah | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Sumqayt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Turan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Kapaz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Araz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Neftçi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Sebail | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 10 | Qabala | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 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 | Qarabağ | 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 | Neftçi | 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 |