The league table is allowed to rest as Sebail and Zira battle for Azerbaidjan Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
Sebail and Zira should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sebail form and stats
Last season, Sebail's Azerbaidjan Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Sebail have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses from their games here. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.
In their previous game, the manager A. Hacıyev led his Sebail to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Zira. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. In the match before that, Sebail hosted Neftci and drew the Premier League game 0-0.
The manager A. Hacıyev will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Zira in only four days.
Sebail has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 3 goals from 7 games. 10 goals have been conceded.
Zira form and stats
Last season their Azerbaidjan Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Zira have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-2-4 (7 played).
Zira are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the Premier League against Sebail. Before that, Zira secured a home win against Qaradag Lokbatan with the score 4-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sebail in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Zira as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. Zira have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sebail 3 wins, 2 draws and Zira 5 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 J. Rodríguez 8 goals |  A. Ramazanov 7 goals |
Sebail missing players
Zira missing players
| Sebail | Zira | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Scored | S | 14 | 39 | ||
| 48 | 21 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 24% | ||
| 3.4 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 160 | 94 | Total Shots | T S | 79 | 232 | ||
| 57 | 34 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 85 | ||
| 39% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Neftci | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Kesl FK | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Sumqayt | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 5 | Zira | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 6 | Sabah | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 7 | Qabala | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 13 |
| 8 | Sebail | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -14 | 12 |