Qabala welcomes Qarabağ to this second leg of the Azerbaidjan Cup Quarter-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
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.
Qabala form and stats
Qabala was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Azerbaidjan Cup. Qarabağ was too strong.All-inclusive Premier League stats at home this season for Qabala are 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Qabala are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Qarabağ.
In the game before, 2-2 away to Qarabağ (Azerbaidjan Cup).
Qabala has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches.
Qarabağ form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Qarabağ, as they won the Azerbaidjan Cup.Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Qarabağ so far, with 7-1-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Premier League statistics.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Qarabağ goalkeeper Luka Gugeshashvili is eager to challenge this, with his 465 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Qabala in their previous game.
A 2-2 in a home match in the Azerbaidjan Cup before that, facing Qabala. The club were not satisfied with the result, being huge pre-match favourites.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 21 goals in 8 league games away this season. Qarabağ are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {1 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Qarabağ have won or drawn the last 18 games (14-4-0) versus Qabala.Qarabağ - Qabala 2-2 was the scoreline in these sides' latest head-to-head match, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Şeydayev 13 goals |  M. Gurbanli 12 goals |   I. Alimi 6 goals |
Qabala missing players
Qarabağ missing players
| Qabala | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Scored | S | 27 | 54 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 2.9 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 2.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.5 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.9 | 14.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.4 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 34% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Qarabağ | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 37 | 47 |
| 2 | Sabah | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 21 | 40 |
| 3 | Neftci | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Zira | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -4 | 27 |
| 5 | Qabala | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Turan | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 16 |
| 7 | Kesl FK | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 13 |
| 8 | Sumqayt | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -14 | 12 |
| 9 | Kapaz | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 11 |
| 10 | Sebail | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 10 |
