Struggling Zirə II will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Zaqatala in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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!
Zirə II form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Birinci Dasta this season. Zirə II, who have the most conceded goals (38) in Birinci Dasta, have only managed 0 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at AZAL stadionu. With seven home Birinci Dasta games in a row without a win, the Zirə II fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Agsu game long ago, can be stopped today.
In their previous game, led his Zirə II to a defeat in the Birinci Dasta match away at Qarabağ II. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at AZAL stadionu. Preceding that match was a defeat to Sabah II (1-2).
Zirə II were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Zirə II are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. Zirə II have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Zaqatala form and stats
Zaqatala have an excellent away record in the Birinci Dasta so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games.
Zaqatala's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Qarabağ II that finished 1-1. Prior to that match, the Zaqatala manager R. Mämmädov faced defeat when travelling to Sabah II and losing 1-3.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Zaqatala are regular goalscorers on their travels. 8 goals have been conceded by Zaqatala in these games.
Head 2 Head
Zirə II and Zaqatala have met before this season: Zaqatala - Zirə II 0-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - zero - two (Zirə II wins - draws - Zaqatala wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Zirə II missing players
Zaqatala missing players
| Zirə II | Zaqatala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 38 | 25 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 80% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 71% |
| 73% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 71% | 50% |
| 40% | 71% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 57% | 36% |
| 33% | 57% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 29% | 14% |
| 53% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 71% | 50% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| 2.3 | 3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 113 | 59 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 71 | 179 |
| 47 | 27 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 35 | 82 |
| 30% | 33% | 200% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 43% | 29% |
- Zaqatala have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Zaqatala have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Zirə II has the fewest points (1) at home
- Zirə II has the most conceded goals (25) at home
- Zirə II has the most conceded goals (38)
- Zirə II has the most conceded goals in the second half (23)
- Zirə II has the the worst goal difference (-16) at home
- Zirə II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Zirə II have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Zirə II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zirə II have yet to win a game at home.
- Zirə II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Səbail II | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 34 |
| 2 | Turan | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | Sabah II | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Zaqatala | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Neftchi II | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 6 | Sumqayıt II | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 24 |
| 7 | Kesl II | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Kapaz | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Qarabağ II | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 19 |
| 10 | MOIK | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 11 | Agsu | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -20 | 13 |
| 12 | Zirə II | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -21 | 10 |
| 13 | Qaradag Lokbatan | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -24 | 4 |