National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Turan or Qabala that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago. That game, against Zira, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Qabala.
Turan form and stats
Turan was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Azerbaidjan Cup.As mentioned below, Turan are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Birinci Dasta games. Turan haven’t lost a league-game in 17 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Zaqatala, 423 days ago. In general it's been a long time since Turan tasted defeat here at Şəhər stadionu, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
At Şəhər stadionu, Turan has the goal stats of 5-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Qabala 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 Qabala so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Sebail.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Qabala as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. As for defending, Qabala rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Turan victories, zero draws and eight Qabala wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.Turan missing players
Qabala missing players
| Turan | Qabala | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 8 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 40 | 14 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 18 | 1 | Conceded | C | 23 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 12% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 88% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6.3 | 5.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 68% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 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 | Turan | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| 2 | Neftchi II | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Sabah II | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Zaqatala | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | Qarabag II | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Kapaz | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Kesl II | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -14 | 10 |
| 8 | Sumqayt II | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -10 | 9 |
| 9 | Qaradag Lokbatan | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -11 | 6 |
| 10 | MOIK | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -15 | 6 |
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| 2 | Qarabag | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 22 | 26 |
| 3 | Zira | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 4 | Sumqayt | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 16 |
| 5 | Qabala | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 6 | Sebail | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 7 | Sabah | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 8 | Kesl FK | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 13 |