Zira duel Sabah for recognition and sporting success.
Zira and Sabah should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Zira form and stats
The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Zirə qəsəbə stadionu, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Zira last season were 6 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses from 18 games.
A strong away win for Zira against Sebail the last match, as Pachtmann and Soumah were on target. Manager Sadıqov felt very clever after Pachtmann scored the winning goal against Sebail, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 81st minute.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Kapaz.At Zirə qəsəbə stadionu, Zira has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Neftci that finished 1-1.
A loss, in the Europa Conference League away at Partizan (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties), before that.
Head 2 Head
Sabah have not lost in the last 5 games (4-1-0) against Zira.Top Goalscorers
  D. Chantakias 1 goals | Q. Alıyev 1 goals | F. Pachtmann 1 goals |
Zira missing players
Sabah missing players
| Zira | Sabah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.7 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 7.7 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 7.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Zira | Last season | Sabah | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 45 | 23 | Scored | S | 40 | 75 | ||
| 46 | 31 | Conceded | C | 15 | 24 | ||
| 89% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 78% | ||
| 53% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 53% | ||
| 28% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | ||
| 3% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 14% | ||
| 53% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 39% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 56% | 58% | ||
| 31% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 14% | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7.5 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 33% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| 10.5 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 6.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zira | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Sumqayt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Qarabag | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Turan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Sabah | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Araz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | Kapaz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Neftci | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 9 | Sebail | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 10 | Qabala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -8 | 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 |
