A quick look at the Premier League standings point to an upper hand to Sabah when they go to Kapaz. Even so; let's wait before we pick a winner!
- Kapaz have the most conceded goals (31) in Premier League
- Sabah have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Premier League
Kapaz and Sabah should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Kapaz form and stats
Kapaz's results here at Şəhər stadionu in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
The Kapaz fans got no joy from their last fixture, a Azerbaidjan Cup duel also played here at Şəhər stadionu: A 1-2 defeat against Turan.
Before that game, the home loss against Sumqayt with the scoreline 0-1.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Kapaz here at Şəhər stadionu in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Kapaz have conceded 10 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sabah form and stats
The strength of Sabah on their travels this season is incredible with 18 points collected from 7 Premier League away games. Sabah has 6-0-1 on the road, with 15 goals scored and 7 conceded. In general it has been a productive period now for Sabah as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Two away matches in a row for Sabah, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 vs Sebail in the Azerbaidjan Cup.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Kesl FK in the Premier League.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Sabah are regular goalscorers on their travels.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this season, as the history books show this recent match: Sabah - Kapaz 5-0. Kapaz-Sabah H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Kapaz one win, Sabah two wins, zero draws. three of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). One of the players to grab the headlines has been Mickels with 3 goals scored against Kapaz in these 3 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Mickels 7 goals | O. Kashchuk 5 goals |  A. Shuaibu 4 goals |
Kapaz missing players
Sabah missing players
| Kapaz | Sabah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 32 |
| 31 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 75% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 69% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 31% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 19% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 44% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 57% | 56% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 3.5 | 3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.8 | 9.6 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 12.3 | 13.6 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 23% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 39% | 39% |
| 11.6 | 10 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7.6 | 6.9 |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
- Kapaz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kapaz have the most conceded goals (31) in Premier League
- Kapaz have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Premier League
- Kapaz have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Premier League
- Kapaz have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Premier League
- Sabah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sabah have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sabah have scored more than double the goals of Kapaz.
- Sabah have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Premier League
- Sabah haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 36 | 44 |
| 2 | Sabah | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 39 |
| 3 | Neftci | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Zira | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -4 | 26 |
| 5 | Qabala | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Turan | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 16 |
| 7 | Kesl FK | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 12 |
| 8 | Sebail | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 10 |
| 9 | Kapaz | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 10 |
| 10 | Sumqayt | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -16 | 9 |
