National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sabah or Qaradağ Lökbatan that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Sabah form and stats
Last season their Azerbaidjan Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Neftci.Sabah have been very solid at home in the Premier League so far, with 20 points collected from 8 matches (6-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table.
The Sabah goalkeeper S@lah@t Agayev is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 265 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
The spoils were shared in Sabah's previous game, also at home. Visiting Qarabag travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Sebail with a 2-0 scoreline.Sabah have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {3 goals}.
Qaradağ Lökbatan form and stats
Qaradağ Lökbatan's mission in Azerbaidjan Cup last season failed in the 1st round.0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Qaradağ Lökbatan playing as the away team in the Birinci Dasta this season.
Qaradağ Lökbatan are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against FK Q@b@l@ II.
It was a Birinci Dasta defeat before that one as the away game against Turan II wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Lökbatan are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 4 away games. Qaradağ Lökbatan have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Sabah victories, one draw and two Qaradağ Lökbatan wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Mickels 7 goals | E. Apeh 4 goals | O. Kashchuk 4 goals |
Sabah missing players
Qaradağ Lökbatan missing players
| Sabah | Qaradağ Lökbatan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 49 | 27 | Scored | S | 12 | 40 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 12 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 36% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.5 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | ||
| 37% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 50% | ||
| 7.4 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 11 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Qarabag | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 32 | 40 |
| 2 | Sabah | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 35 |
| 3 | Neftci | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Zira | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -5 | 22 |
| 5 | Qabala | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Turan | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 16 |
| 7 | Sebail | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 8 | Kesl FK | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 10 |
| 9 | Kapaz | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -18 | 9 |
| 10 | Sumqayıt | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -17 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Neftchi II | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 25 |
| 2 | Araz | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 23 |
| 3 | Turan II | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Sbail II | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Kapaz II | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | FK Q@b@l@ II | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Energetik | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 8 | Zaqatala | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Qaradağ Lökbatan | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | MOIK | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Zira II | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | Qarabag II | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Kesl II | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 11 |
| 14 | Sumqayt II | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 9 |
| 15 | Mil-Mugan | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -21 | 6 |
