The visiting Neftçi side should be favourites in this visit to Keşlə FK, as the away team holds a 24 point advantage from their 24 league games this season.
- Keşlə FK have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premier League
- Neftçi have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Neftçi are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Keşlə FK form and stats
With 2 Premier League wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Keşlə FK, who have the fewest points (11) at home in Premier League, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Keşlə FK are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Keşlə last time playing, versus Sebail. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0. Preceding that match was the home Azerbaidjan Cup game against Zira that was lost 1-2.
Keşlə FK aren't scoring a lot here at ASK Arena in the league, with only 10 goals from 11 games. On the other hand, Keşlə have conceded 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Neftçi form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most points (21) away in Premier League, on their Premier League travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Neftçi, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Neftçi has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sabah for a Premier League game that ended a draw (2-2). Before that, Neftçi secured a home win against Zira with the score 4-0.
A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Sabah. Neftçi were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with N. Ələsgərov scoring the equalizer.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Sebail.
The travelling fans enjoy Neftçi's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Neftçi - Keşlə 3-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Keşlə one win, one draw and Neftçi eight victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Ələsgərov 18 goals |  M. Abbasov 5 goals |  A. Salahlı 4 goals |
Keşlə FK missing players
Neftçi missing players
| Keşlə FK | Neftçi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | 38 |
| 33 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 83% | 82% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 92% |
| 67% | 55% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 71% |
| 33% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 54% |
| 29% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 33% |
| 8% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| 54% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 46% |
| 29% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 33% |
| 33% | 45% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11.6 | 9.6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 10.3 | 11.4 |
| 4.6 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 21% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 33% |
- Keşlə FK have the fewest points (11) at home in Premier League
- Keşlə FK have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Premier League
- Keşlə FK have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premier League
- Neftçi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Neftçi have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Neftçi have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Premier League
- Neftçi have the most points (21) away in Premier League
- Neftçi have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
| 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 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 57 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 41 | 50 |
| 2 | Neftçi | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 47 |
| 3 | Sumqayıt | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 33 |
| 4 | Zira | 24 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 33 |
| 5 | Qabala | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 24 |
| 6 | Keşlə FK | 24 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 23 |
| 7 | Sabah | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 8 | Sebail | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -15 | 21 |