This fixture has been long awaited by regulars of both participants, as it's the premier Premier League fixture of the season. Both Kapaz and Neftçi are hoping for a bright start to their season.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League.
Kapaz form and stats
Last season, Kapaz's league results were 6 wins, 13 draws and 17 losses, results that produced 7th position in the Premier League. Over these 36 matches they scored {34 goals} and conceded 62. Performing as the home team in the last season Kapaz managed 5-5-8 (win-draw-lost) with {18 goals} and 25 conceded.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Kapaz as they are travelling to their away game against Zira in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
Neftçi form and stats
Let's have a look at how Neftçi performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 8 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 63 and conceded {38 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 26/18 goals scored/conceded.
After this away game Neftçi return home for a Europa Conference League game against Besiktas. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Just as the home team, Neftçi have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Neftçi wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
Head 2 Head
Neftçi have managed a sequence of 8 consecutive matches without losing (6-2-0) when playing Kapaz.Kapaz missing players
Neftçi missing players
| Kapaz | Neftçi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kapaz | Last season | Neftçi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 9 | 20 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Scored | S | 26 | 63 | ||
| 62 | 25 | Conceded | C | 18 | 38 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 81% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 56% | ||
| 31% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 33% | ||
| 11% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 44% | ||
| 14% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 47% | ||
| 36% | 39% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 14% | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8.4 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 11 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 41% | ||
| 11.1 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Neftçi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Zira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Qarabag | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Kapaz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Sumqayt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Sabah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Qabala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Sebail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Araz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 91 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 9 | 66 | 90 |
| 2 | Sabah | 36 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 75 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 15 | 51 | 81 |
| 3 | Neftçi | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 63 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 25 | 68 |
| 4 | Qabala | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 47 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 0 | 50 |
| 5 | Zira | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 15 | -1 | 50 |
| 6 | Turan | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 49 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -13 | 39 |
| 7 | Kapaz | 36 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 34 | 62 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 37 | -28 | 31 |
| 8 | Sumqayt | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 70 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -44 | 31 |
| 9 | Sebail | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 62 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 40 | -30 | 29 |
| 10 | Kesl FK | 36 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 26 | 52 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -26 | 25 |