Sumqayıt get ready to welcome Sebail for something different than the ordinary league football: The Azerbaidjan Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
The visiting Sebail played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match. That game was also an away game, at Qarabağ. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Sumqayıt form and stats
Last season their Azerbaidjan Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Sumqayıt have played 7 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Sumqayıt, their manager A. Abbasov and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Sumqayıt are returning here after visiting Kesl FK in a Premier League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. T. Mütəllimov scored the goal(s). Preceding that match was a Premier League defeat to Sabah (1-2).
The Sumqayıt fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 7 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Sebail form and stats
They also participated in Azerbaidjan Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Sebail have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-2-4 (7 played). It's a growing despair in Sebail as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Sebail play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-4 to Qarabağ. Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Zaqatala in the Azerbaidjan Cup.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Qarabağ was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
The attacking power of Sebail when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. As for defending, Sebail rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sumqayıt won four games, one match ended with a draw and Sebail has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  A. Ghorbani 6 goals |   R. Əliyev 4 goals | R. Sadikhov 3 goals |
Sumqayıt missing players
Sebail missing players
| Sumqayıt | Sebail | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Scored | S | 11 | 28 | ||
| 39 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.7 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.9 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 29 |
| 2 | Neftci | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| 3 | Zira | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 4 | Sumqayıt | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 5 | Qabala | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 6 | Sabah | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 7 | Sebail | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 8 | Kesl FK | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 13 |