The league table is allowed to rest as Sumqayıt and Qabala battle for Azerbaidjan Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
Sumqayıt form and stats
Sumqayıt participated in Azerbaidjan Cup the last season, where they reached the final.Sumqayıt have collected 8 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-2-3.
The Sumqayıt followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Kapital Bank Arena: A 1-3 defeat against Kesl FK.
Before that game, the home loss against Kesl FK with the scoreline 1-3.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sumqayıt have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost five.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sumqayıt here at Kapital Bank Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sumqayıt defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Qabala form and stats
Qabala was sent out of Azerbaidjan Cup in the quarter-finals last season, when Qarabag turned out to be too strong.Qabala's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Qabala collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the Premier League. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Qabala's last game was the home draw against Neftci (1-1).
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Neftci in the Premier League.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Qabala in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Qabala, three draws and eight defeats.
Qabala are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Sumqayıt won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Qabala managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  U. Iskandarov 5 goals | R. Schorr Utzig 4 goals | I. Alimi 4 goals |
Sumqayıt missing players
Qabala missing players
| Sumqayıt | Qabala | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 14 | 32 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 35 | ||
| 76% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 32% | ||
| 3.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 17% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | ||
| 12.5 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 10 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | Qabala | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | Zira | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Neftci | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | Sabah | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 6 | Kesl FK | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 7 | Sumqayıt | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 12 |
| 8 | Sebail | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -18 | 10 |
