It's the second attempt for points this season as Zira and Kapaz bump heads at Zirə qəsəbə stadionu.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago.
Zira form and stats
Last season, Zira's league stats were 13 wins, 11 draws and 12 losses, resulting in 5th position in the Premier League. During these 36 matches they scored {45 goals} and gave away 46. Performing as the home team in the former season Zira delivered 6-6-6 (win-draw-lost) with {23 goals} and 31 conceded.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Zira, as their goalkeeper Tiago Fernando Penela Silva has completely shut out the opponents for 315 minutes in the Premier League.
Zira enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Qarabag's place. The match ended 1-0.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Sumqayt.Kapaz form and stats
Let's have a look at how Kapaz performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 13 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded {62 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 8 and lost 9 with 16/37 goals scored/conceded.
Kapaz won their last game, 1-0 versus Neftci played at home.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Qabala that ended 1-1.Head 2 Head
Zira have avoided defeat in the last 8 fixtures (4-4-0) against Kapaz.The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 10 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
![]() D. Chantakias 1 goals | ![]() M. Kvirkvia 1 goals |
Zira missing players
Kapaz missing players
| Zira | Kapaz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zira | Last season | Kapaz | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 8 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 9 | 17 | ||
| 45 | 23 | Scored | S | 16 | 34 | ||
| 46 | 31 | Conceded | C | 37 | 62 | ||
| 89% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 72% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 78% | ||
| 53% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 47% | ||
| 28% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 39% | 31% | ||
| 3% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 11% | ||
| 53% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 14% | ||
| 31% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 8 | ||
| 7.5 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| 33% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | ||
| 10.5 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 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 |