National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sumqayıt or Keşlə FK that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sumqayıt and Keşlə FK.
Sumqayıt form and stats
Sumqayıt was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Azerbaidjan Cup.Sumqayıt have collected 17 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-5-5. On the other hand, in the Azerbaidjan Cup, Sumqayıt has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Sumqayıt, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Sumqayıt are returning here after visiting Sebail in a Premier League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Preceding that match was the home Premier League game against Neftci that was lost 0-1.The Sumqayıt fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 14 matches. Sumqayıt have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Keşlə FK 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 Keşlə FK so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-6 (win-draw-lose). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Azerbaidjan Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Keşlə FK have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Sabah game.
Keşlə FK are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Premier League against Qabala.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Qarabag's place.The attacking power of Keşlə when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Keşlə have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Sumqayıt victories, three draws and four Keşlə FK wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ghorbani 9 goals | R. Sadikhov 8 goals | T. Mütəllimov 4 goals |
Sumqayıt missing players
Keşlə FK missing players
| Sumqayıt | Keşlə FK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 13 | 26 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 24 | 39 | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 37% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Neftci | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 22 | 59 |
| 2 | Qarabag | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 64 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 46 | 57 |
| 3 | Sumqayıt | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -1 | 39 |
| 4 | Zira | 28 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 38 |
| 5 | Sabah | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 29 |
| 6 | Keşlə FK | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -15 | 26 |
| 7 | Qabala | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 24 | -21 | 26 |
| 8 | Sebail | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 23 | -21 | 24 |