Football match preview: Neftçi vs Qabala

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Competition: Azerbaijan Premier League
Competition: Sun 15.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bakcell Arena (11000 seats)

It's a new beginning in Premier League - the first fixture of the season. Read the full preview and see how Neftçi and Qabala did in their pre-season friendly games!

Neftçi have less rest than Qabala in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at HJK.

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Neftçi form and stats

Neftçi could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Premier League. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Bakcell Arena they witnessed 9 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W18 - D5 - L5 from 28 games.

Neftçi have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Neftçi scored 2 goals and let in 1 goal during these one game.

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Qabala form and stats

Let's have a look at how Qabala performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 11 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 23 and conceded 44 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 10 with 7/24 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the former ten meetings featuring these two participants are: six wins for Neftçi, three draws and one win for Qabala. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Neftçi missing players

Qabala missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Neftçi Qabala
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top 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%
Neftçi Last season Qabala
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
18 9   Won W   2 5
5 2   Drew D   2 11
5 3   Lost L   10 12
47 21   Scored S   7 23
25 15   Conceded C   24 44
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
68% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 75%
54% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 39%
32% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 25%
7% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 7%
39% 36%   BTTS BTTS   29% 50%
43% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 18%
25% 29%   Failed to Score F T   64% 39%
 
4.4 4   Corners for (avg) C F   2.7 3.7
4.4 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 4.3
2.5 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
5 2   Red cards R C   1 5
 
11.3 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   7.9 9.4
4.8 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 3.3
35% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 26%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kesl FK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Neftçi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Qabala 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 Sabah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sebail 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Sumqayt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Zira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Neftçi 28 18 5 5 47 25 14 9 2 3 21 15 14 9 3 2 26 10 22 59
2 Qarabag 28 16 9 3 64 18 14 11 1 2 39 10 14 5 8 1 25 8 46 57
3 Sumqayt 28 10 9 9 30 31 14 4 5 5 14 13 14 6 4 4 16 18 -1 39
4 Zira 28 8 14 6 28 28 14 5 7 2 13 9 14 3 7 4 15 19 0 38
5 Sabah 28 7 8 13 28 38 14 4 4 6 14 19 14 3 4 7 14 19 -10 29
6 Kesl FK 28 5 11 12 25 40 14 3 5 6 13 17 14 2 6 6 12 23 -15 26
7 Qabala 28 5 11 12 23 44 14 3 9 2 16 20 14 2 2 10 7 24 -21 26
8 Sebail 28 5 9 14 21 42 14 4 5 5 14 19 14 1 4 9 7 23 -21 24

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kesl FK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Neftçi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Qabala 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 Sabah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sebail 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Sumqayt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Zira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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