Olimpija host the first leg in this deciding Europa League Play-offs game. Qarabağ will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Tofik Bakhramov before the return leg in 10 days.
These teams have little in common geographically as Qarabağ have to travel 3600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Qarabağ could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago.
Olimpija form and stats
As mentioned below, Olimpija are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 1. SNL games.
Olimpija are returning here after visiting Aluminij and winning with a 5-4 scoreline. Pedro, Lucas (2), Nukić and Motika scored the goal(s). A goal frenzy last time out for Olimpija, with a total of 9 goals in the match against Aluminij. Fun stuff to watch!
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Galatasaray in the Champions League.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Olimpija, as the 1. SNL home game vs Celje is only three days away.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Olimpija at home in the league. 7 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Qarabağ form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated HJK in order to reach play-offs of Europa League. Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage.Qarabağ are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against Araz. The end of the last match, against Araz, was very satisfying as Zoubir scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Earlier, the Europa League win away at HJK.
A quick return to home after this game, as Qarabağ are hosting Kapaz in the Premier League only three days away.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior two meetings involving these two participants are: zero wins for Olimpija, one draw and one win for Qarabağ. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last two duels.
Top Goalscorers
  R. da Silva e Sousa 3 goals |  S. Fadida 3 goals |  P. Schwaizer 2 goals |
Olimpija missing players
Qarabağ missing players
| Olimpija | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 12 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 50 | 32 | Scored | S | 24 | 56 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 8% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.9 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 12.5 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 37% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 40% | ||
| 9.7 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celje | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Maribor | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Olimpija | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Koper | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Aluminij | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Domžale | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Bravo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Radomlje | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 3 |
| 9 | Mura | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 3 |
| 10 | Rogaška | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 1 |
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Qarabağ | 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 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 |
