Qarabağ get ready to welcome Qabala for something different than the ordinary league football: The Azerbaidjan Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
This should be an action-packed fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
Qarabağ form and stats
Qarabağ have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier League with 7 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses.
Qarabağ are confident in defense, having played 375 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Qarabağ, who won 4-0 against Neftçi. As mentioned above, Qarabağ "killed" Neftçi in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Premier League home game that ended 0-0 versus Zira.Qarabağ are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Azərsun Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 23 goals in 8 matches. Qarabağ have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Qabala form and stats
Last season their Azerbaidjan Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against Qarabağ.Playing away, Qabala have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Impressive finishing from Akel and Iskandarov secured the home win 2-1 against Sebail in their previous game. Iskandarov came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Sebail last time out, making the manager Baxsiyev feel like a tactical genius.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sumqayt.Qabala have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 11 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Qabala have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The 5 most recent meetings featuring these teams have all ended as Qarabağ wins. More of the same or streak broken?Top Goalscorers
  M. Gurbanli 12 goals |  R. Şeydayev 12 goals |   I. Alimi 6 goals |
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| Qarabağ | Qabala | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 57 | 27 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 2.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 14.6 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.4 | ||
| 6.5 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | ||
| 6.5 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 9.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 36 | 44 |
| 2 | Sabah | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 39 |
| 3 | Neftçi | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Zira | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -4 | 26 |
| 5 | Qabala | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Turan | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 16 |
| 7 | Kesl FK | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 12 |
| 8 | Sebail | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 10 |
| 9 | Kapaz | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 10 |
| 10 | Sumqayt | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -16 | 9 |
