The league table is allowed to rest as Qarabağ and Qabala battle for Azerbaidjan Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sebail, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Qarabağ form and stats
Qarabağ was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Azerbaidjan Cup.Home games in the Premier League have been a walk in the park for Qarabağ so far, with 18 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. Qarabağ haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Neftci, 133 days ago. Qarabağ has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here. We remember; it was Neftci.
A nice win for Qarabağ last time playing, versus Sebail. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with O. Kwabena, M. Emreli (2) and Patrick Andrade scoring for the victors. Before that match, a Premier League win away at Sabah.
As mentioned above, Qarabağ "killed" Sebail in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Qarabağ always seem capable of creating a buzz here with 25 goals in 7 league games. Qarabağ are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Qabala form and stats
They also participated in Azerbaidjan Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Qabala so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
It's the second away game in a row for Qabala, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Turan in the Azerbaidjan Cup last time out. A 0-2 defeat away at Zira before that.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Qabala's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Qarabağ victories, two draws and one Qabala win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Mədətov 10 goals |  F. Ozobić 7 goals | O. Kwabena 6 goals |
Qarabağ missing players
Qabala missing players
| Qarabağ | Qabala | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 52 | 35 | Scored | S | 17 | 33 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Conceded | C | 23 | 36 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 13.7 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.2 | ||
| 6.7 | 7.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 29 |
| 2 | Neftci | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| 3 | Zira | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 4 | Sumqayt | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 5 | Qabala | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 6 | Sabah | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 7 | Sebail | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 8 | Kesl FK | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 13 |