The league table is allowed to rest as Sumqayıt and Qarabağ battle for Azerbaidjan Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
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!
Sumqayıt form and stats
Last season their Azerbaidjan Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.3-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Sumqayıt so far this season. Sumqayıt has four consecutive draws when playing at home, an interesting stat.
Sumqayıt drew their last game, also a home match. Qabala was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Prior to that, an away loss at Qarabağ in the Premier League.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sumqayıt as they are travelling to their away game against Zira in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.
Sumqayıt has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Sumqayıt have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Qarabağ form and stats
Qarabağ's mission in Azerbaidjan Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W3-D8-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Sumqayıt game have they lost an away game, meaning Qarabağ has taken points from 15 away matches in a row.
Qarabağ are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Sebail. A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Sumqayıt.
The draw against Sebail came from a losing position. The Qarabağ manager Q. Qurbanov brought on U. Matić as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
The schedule is very tough for Qarabağ now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Qabala is waiting in only three days.
The visiting Qarabağ have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 11 games. Qarabağ are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sumqayıt one win, two draws and Qarabağ seven victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Mədətov 13 goals |  F. Ozobić 11 goals |  A. Ghorbani 8 goals |
Sumqayıt missing players
Qarabağ missing players
| Sumqayıt | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Scored | S | 17 | 54 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | ||
| 84% | 69% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 54% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6.8 | 6.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 14.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.6 | ||
| 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 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 | Qarabağ | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 52 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 36 | 47 |
| 2 | Neftci | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 43 |
| 3 | Zira | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 32 |
| 4 | Sumqayıt | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -2 | 29 |
| 5 | Qabala | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -11 | 24 |
| 6 | Sebail | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -14 | 21 |
| 7 | Sabah | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 8 | Kesl FK | 22 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 19 |