It's game one of two in the Europa Conference League as Sabah host Partizan. This is a 3rd Qualifying Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
These teams have little in common geographically as Partizan have to travel 3100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sabah and Partizan.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah have not come this way in the Europa Conference League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Rigas FS.Sabah have collected 3 points from their Premier League home games so far after 1-0-0.
The Sabah regulars enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Qabala and win 5-0. As mentioned above, Sabah "killed" Qabala in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that game, a home win against Rigas FS in the Europa Conference League.
Early season league goal statistics from Sabah's 1 home game: {5 goals}, 0 conceded.
Partizan form and stats
They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the knockout round play-offs, when Sheriff drew the shortest straw.Four points from two away games for Partizan, meaning one draw and one victory in the Super Liga so far.
Two travels in a row for Partizan, whose manager Duljaj could celebrate last time after the win against Vojvodina. Midfielder Bibars Natcho was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.82. Bibars Natcho signed up for two assists, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to Backa Topola.A new game in only three days for Partizan, the Super Liga home match versus Radnicki Nis. Busy days.
Partizan have the goal stats of 5-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Saldanha 2 goals |   E. Apeh 1 goals | T. Mütəllimov 1 goals |
Sabah missing players
Partizan missing players
| Sabah | Partizan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 54 | 28 | Scored | S | 19 | 31 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 32% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11.8 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 7 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 6.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.4 | ||
| 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 | Neftçi | 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 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crvena Zvezda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| 2 | Cukaricki | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Backa Topola | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Partizan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Javor Ivanjica | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Mladost Lucani | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Spartak Subotica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Novi Pazar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Zeleznicar Pancevo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Vozdovac | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Radnik Surdulica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | IMT Novi Beograd | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Radnicki Kragujevac | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Napredak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| 15 | Radnicki Nis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| 16 | Vojvodina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
