A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Sabah and Sebail know what's at stake in this second leg of the Azerbaidjan Cup Quarter-finals clash.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sabah form and stats
Sabah participated in Azerbaidjan Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals and lost against Neftci.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Bank Respublika Arena as Sabah have scored 17 goals to get 21 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 6-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Sabah travelled for their previous game, a trip to Kapaz that ended 2-2.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Sebail in the Azerbaidjan Cup.
The manager Musaev will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sumqayt in only four days.
Sabah have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bank Respublika Arena with 17 goals in 9 league matches. Sabah have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {4 goals}.
Sebail form and stats
They also participated in Azerbaidjan Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Zira drew the shortest straw.Sebail have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 0-3-6 (9 played).
Sebail are travelling again after losing away to Sumqayt in their previous match (0-2).
Before that one, the win at home hosting Sabah in the Azerbaidjan Cup (3-2).
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sebail as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. Sebail struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Sabah and Sebail have played each other already this season: Sebail - Sabah 3-2. Sabah-Sebail H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sabah five wins, Sebail three wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Mickels 8 goals | O. Kashchuk 6 goals |   A. Ramazanov 5 goals |
Sabah missing players
Sebail missing players
| Sabah | Sebail | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 52 | 29 | Scored | S | 11 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 24 | 42 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 52% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 41% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 25% | ||
| 7.2 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 |
