There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Premier League table so far. Here's the Sumqayıt - Zira latest:
- Sumqayıt have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
- Zira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sumqayıt form and stats
Sumqayıt have collected 12 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-3-3.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 188 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Ghorbani was the last player to find the net.
In the match before that, Sumqayıt hosted Qarabag and drew the game 0-0.
The Sumqayıt fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. From these home matches, Sumqayıt have conceded only 8 goals.
Zira form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
The travelling fans enjoy Zira's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. Zira have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Zira - Sumqayıt 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Sumqayıt victories, four draws and four Zira wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Volkovi 8 goals |  A. Ghorbani 7 goals |  A. Ramazanov 5 goals |
Sumqayıt missing players
Zira missing players
| Sumqayıt | Zira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 23 |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 18 |
| 88% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 65% | 56% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 65% |
| 53% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 47% |
| 18% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 53% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 53% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| 29% | 44% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 6.3 | 5.9 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7.4 | 6.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| 45% | 53% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | 35% |
- Sumqayıt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sumqayıt have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
- Zira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 33 |
| 2 | Neftçi | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 33 |
| 3 | Zira | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 28 |
| 4 | Sumqayıt | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 5 | Qabala | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 6 | Sebail | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 16 |
| 7 | Sabah | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 8 | Kesl FK | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 15 |