Zira welcomes Sebail to this second leg of the Azerbaidjan Cup Quarter-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
It's no vacation for neither Zira nor Sebail as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Zira form and stats
Last season their Azerbaidjan Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.When playing at home in the Premier League, Zira have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 7 games. Zira has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Zira goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
Zira drew their last game, 0-0 away at Sebail. Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Sebail in a game that was won 4-1.
Zira have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 13 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, Zira have conceded 9 goals.
Sebail 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 Sebail so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-5 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Sebail, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Kesl FK game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. It's all red in the travel logs of Sebail, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
Sebail's last game was the home draw against Zira (0-0). Prior to that match, the Sebail manager A. Hacıyev faced defeat when travelling to Zira and losing 1-4.
Sebail have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. For Sebail, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sebail - Zira 0-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Zira victories, 2 draws and 3 Sebail wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 J. Rodríguez 8 goals |  A. Ramazanov 7 goals |
Zira missing players
Sebail missing players
| Zira | Sebail | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 37 | 23 | Scored | S | 12 | 22 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 26 | 47 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 44% | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 229 | 141 | Total Shots | T S | 59 | 161 | ||
| 85 | 54 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 57 | ||
| 32% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Neftci | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Kesl FK | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Sumqayt | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 5 | Zira | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 6 | Sabah | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 7 | Qabala | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 13 |
| 8 | Sebail | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -14 | 12 |